Episode 44: Hal & Melanie Young talk about their new book: My Beloved and My Fri

My Beloved and My Friend:How To Be Married To Your Best FriendWithout Changing SpousesLongtime,  successful marriages are those in which  the couples view their spouses as their best friends.  Being in love is easy and  essential to the best marriages. But that is just the beginning.  All successful relationships  are also friendships. Couples in longtime successful marriages trust each other with their lives, honor each other and have a deep founded respect and love for each other grounded in Christ.  Our guests today are Hal and Melanie young, authors of the new book, My Beloved and My Friend: How To Be Married To Your Best Friend Without Changing Spouses.Hal and Melanie Young, authors of the Christian Small Publishers Association 2011 Book of the Year, Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys, are parents of six real boys and two real girls. They have homeschooled through eight high-risk pregnancies, three re-locations, two decades, and 181 degrees of longitude. Hal and Melanie have served on the Board of Directors of North Carolinians for Home Education for over 14 years, including three terms as President for Hal. They have published articles with The Foundation for Economic Education, Homeschooling Today, the John Locke Foundation, Homeschool Digest, TEACH Magazine, Homeschool Enrichment, the N.C. Family Policy Council, the Heartland Institute and more. Hal and Melanie have made more than 50 media appearances in venues as wide ranging as The Jesse Lee Peterson Show and the Bob Dutko Show to Mancow’s Morning Madhouse and CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. They are sought after conference speakers who routinely draw standing room only crowds with their mix of uniquely entertaining cross-banter and practical, powerful Scriptural principles. Their dramatized audiobooks, such as Hero Tales from American History by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, are gaining a following across the country, as well.  Hal & Melanie have glorified the Lord through some extreme challenges recently, though, with Hal successfully fighting stage IV cancer and their youngest dealing with a life-threatening heart condition. Despite it all, the Youngs live in noisy familial bliss in North Carolina.Connect with Hal and Melanie...Website: Raising Real MenWebsite: MyBeloved My FriendWebsite: Hal and Melanie YoungPodcast: Making Biblical Life PracticalNewsletter: Raising Real Men NewsletterSpeaker ScheduleFacebook: Raising Real MenTwitter: @raisingrealmenGoogle+: Raising Real MenGoogle+: Melanie YoungPinterest: Raising Real MenLinkedIn: Hal YoungInstagram: Raising Real Men   Listen to Hal and Melanie Young as they talk about:Their ministry and website Raising Real MenTheir book Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating BoysThe key ingredient for thriving Christian MarriagesSetting an example of a Christ filled marriage for your childrenThe primary message of their new book, My Beloved and My Friend: How To Be Married To Your Best Friend Without Changing Spouses.The obstacles to a successful marriage in a Christian homeTheir strategy when writing My Beloved and My FriendWho the target audience of the book isWhat makes My Beloved and My Friend unique among Christian marriage books.The topics covered in My Beloved and My FriendTheir hope and vision for My Beloved and My FriendTheir new Podcast: Making Biblical Life PracticalTheir Marriage Retreat OnlineTheir Bootcamp 9-12Leave your comments and questions below and please share this episode with others.This page may contain affiliate links. Please see Privacy Policy & Disclaimer Policies for more info.