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Very married : field notes on love & fidelity / Katherine Willis Pershey ; foreword by Eugene H. Peterson.

by Pershey, Katherine Willis.

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Herald Press, 2016.

Pershey, Katherine Willis.

Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Women clergy -- United States -- Biography.

9781513800172 (pbk.)

9781513801278 (hc.)

223 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Wander as I wonder -- In want of a husband -- The binding that bound us -- If I knew then -- Needing the vows -- Homeward crawl -- Swapping offices -- All the miracles -- Long obedience -- For those who meant forever -- Flunking Ephesians 4:26 -- With my body, I thee worship -- The same choice -- Memento mori -- There is mercy -- The hem of joy's garment -- When justice rolls down -- Yoked to another family -- Subject to one another -- Very married.

Katherine Willis Pershey has never slept with the mailman or kissed an ex-boyfriend. Good thing, since she's married. But simply not committing adultery does not give you the keys to happily ever after, as Pershey has come to find out in her own marriage and in her work as a pastor. What is this sacred covenant that binds one person to another, and what elements of faith and fidelity sustain it? Pershey opens the book on all things marital. With equal parts humor and intelligence, she speaks frankly about the challenges and consolations of modern marriage. As she shares her own tales of bliss and blunder, temptation and deliverance, Pershey invites readers to commit once again to the joyful and difficult work of cherishing another person. For better or worse. For life. Katherine Pershey is the author of Any Day a Beautiful Change. She is associate minister of the First Congregational Church in Western Springs, Illinois.

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