January BIM news - Grace and FaceBook

Building Intimate Marriages, Inc. Newsletter

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January 2010

Dr. Sytsma's Grace Article listed as "Best of 2009"

We are proud to pass the word on that Dr. Sytsma's article called Saving Grace was listed as "Best of 2009" in the year end Marriage Connection newsletter from MarriagePartnership.com.

"The Grace in Marriage workshop is my favorite marriage talk," said Michael Sytsma. "I developed the principles over 10 years ago while working with couples in therapy. After seeing the principles transform many couples, I began teaching it as a short workshop. Ginger Kolbaba helped me edit it down to the streamlined article published in the final print edition of Marriage Partnership."

Read the whole article online from this link.

In addition to the article, Building Intimate Marriages sells an audio version of the workshop. For only $15.00, you receive an audio CD of the workshop and two workbooks (one for each spouse). Couples can listen to the audio and are prompted several times during the teaching to pause the audio and work on the exercises in the workbook.

Purchase the CD Workshop Here

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Do you Facebook? FB Icon

I do. I have a profile I update occasionally and connect to friends and ministry partners through Facebook.

We also have a page for the Passionate Intimacy Workshop (become a fan).

There are definite positives to social networking through Facebook.

But our office is also seeing a dramatic increase in marital conflict sparked by Facebook. Sometimes it's a fight over time spent online, but often couples are fighting over reignited flames and even infidelity sparked by "friending" someone from the past.

Friends of mine, Jason and Kelli Krafsky, have written a new book Facebook and Your Marriage due out next month. Filled with great guidelines for monitoring Facebook threats to your marriage and even using Facebook to strengthen you marriage, this book contains information every couple who uses Facebook needs to talk through. (Click the cover to become a fan of the book on Facebook.)

Maybe it's just that I'm becoming quite frustrated with the number of couples who are putting good marriages at risk with Facebook, but I wanted to pass on the link of their "Top Dos and Don'ts for Facebooking Couples" article. Read through it. Schedule a Working Date to talk about it as a couple. And while you are at it...buy the book for even more tips.

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Your marriage and family is worth it.

Dr. Michael Sytsma

Read Top Do's and Don'ts for Facebooking Couples Here.

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If one of your hopes for this year is to improve physical intimacy in your marriage, our February Passionate Intimacy Workshop can help. Research shows a clinically significant increase in sexual satisfaction, emotional satisfaction, and overall marital satisfaction in couples after attending the Passionate Intimacy Workshop.

The hotel rooms we reserved are gone but the Hilton tells us they have a few additional rooms available (first come basis). You will want to register soon. Use the following links to learn more....

Learn more about the Passionate Intimacy Workshop

Details on the February 2010 Passionate Intimacy Workshop in Marietta, GA

Jump to the Passionate Intimacy Workshop Registration Page

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In HIS Service,

.The Building Intimate Marriages Team