What people are saying about Get Married

"Candice Watters offers genuine help to Christians thinking about marriage, adulthood, and God's purpose for humanity."

— R. Albert Mohler Jr., from the Foreword

"A hopeful and empowering message for Christian women."

— Danielle Crittenden, Author, What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman

"Get Married is forceful, persuasive, and a must-read for today's Christian single."

— Gary Thomas, Author, Sacred Marriage

"Get Married not only brings healing and renewal to the Christian single confused by scriptural misinterpretation, it offers them practical advice to get to the altar."

— Debbie Maken, Author, Getting Serious about Getting Married

February 2008

2/14 WMBI FM, Chicago, IL, The Mornings Show with Mark Elfstrand. 6:43 am, MT.

2/14 KFLQ FM, Albuquerque, NM, Family Life Radio with Dan Rosecrans.

2/14 KCBI FM, Dallas, TX, Jerry Johnson Live. 4:15 pm, MT. Archived and available to listen online, here.

2/14 KKLA FM, Los Angeles, CA, The Frank Pastore Show. Live at 5:58 pm, MT.

2/13 KKMS AM, Minneapolis, MN, Live with Jeff and Lee. 4 pm, MT.

2/12 KKEQ FM, Fosston, MN, live with Phil Ehlke. 7:30 am, MT.

2/12 KNZZ AM, with Carla Johnson, Grand Junction, CO.

2/12 WAUQ FM/WRIH FM, with Jimmy Griggs, Richmond, VA.

2/12 KPJC AM, live with The JC Town Morning Show, Salem, OR. 9:15 am, MT.

2/11 Along the Way with Kim Jeffries, Minneapolis, MN, live interview. 11:15 am, MT.

2/11 KBIQ FM, Colorado Springs, CO; interview with the Q Morning Crew's Kim and Bret.

2/8 The Thor Tolo Show, 820 AM, Seattle, WA, live interview. If it's possible to sprint on the radio, Thor's show is it. Pure verb.

2/8 CitizenLink's Friday Five; online interview with Jennifer Mesko.

2/5 KBJS FM, Jacksonville, TX, interview with host, Randy Featherston.

2/1 The Boundless Show podcast, six minute interview with host Lisa Anderson, starting at minute 15:06.

January 2008

1/28/08 WDCX FM, Buffalo, NY. Live joint interview with Steve.

1/28 WDLM FM, East Moline, IL.

1/23 KMBI FM, Spokane, WA.

1/22 CBN.com, interview with Jennifer Jones.

1/22 Boundless.org, excerpt — Marriage: An Idol?"

1/22 Ungrind.com, review of Get Married and excerpt — "A Bold Approach to Getting Married."

1/21 KBRT AM, Costa Mesa, CA; drive-time interview with host Paul McGuire, part of the station's 21-day empahsis on prayer and fasting. Monday's prayer focus was singles.

Getting married is more than a lifestyle option or just something that would be “nice if it happens.” Not only is marriage good and natural to want, it’s what most of us are called to pursue.

That’s the message of Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help it Happen.

There’s a difference between making it happen and helping it happen. This isn’t a book about desperation or the hyper activity of joining every dating service and singles group. It’s not about making cold calls or tackling a list of 100 tips for meeting hot men.

Get Married is about living like you’re planning to marry. It presents a lifestyle that esteems marriage, encourages men, empowers women, and embraces Christian community and a biblical understanding of what marriage is for. Most importantly, it shows women that marriage is a worthy goal that’s within their grasp.

You can be content with where you are today and still desire marriage in a way that honors God. And there are things you can do to help it happen.

Ready to start the journey? Read the excerpt that follows, then order the book.

You may have a hunch it's not as easy to get married as it once was. If so, you're right. Since 1970, the marriage rate has declined 50 percent. In that time, the proportion of American women ages 25–29 who have not married has quadrupled. Currently the average age of first marriages is 26 for women, 27 for men — as old as it's ever been. Conventional wisdom says later marriage means the bride and groom will be more prepared for the responsibilities of marriage, but many women are ready now. And they're frustrated by the delay. Sociologists blame the delay on the additional educational and career development necessary to marry well. Add to that the confusion over gender roles, cultural worship of youth, the lack of biblical literacy, uninvolved parents and extended family, the fallout from divorce, disengaged social circles, and an often silent church and you have the makings for much uncertainty. Women are left wondering, what's the best path to marriage?

... If in the midst of these cultural realities, "just pray and wait" sentiments leave you depressed, I think you'll be encouraged by the message of this book: there's something you can do.

Whether you're wondering if you'll ever get a date, stuck in a "just-friends" relationship or worried that the guy you've been seeing forever will never move toward marriage, this book offers help. It's for all the women who long for marriage but are afraid to admit it; embarrassed by their deepest desires or concerned that maybe they want it too much. It's for the parents of single women who wonder if there's anything they can do. And it's for married friends of singles who want to help but don't want to intrude.

This is not another book about seeking fulfillment in your singleness. As beings created in God's image; we were designed for relationship — that's why extended singleness leaves so many women discontent. It's also why we should be intentional about finding fulfillment in marriage. Getting married isn't just something that's "nice if it happens." It's what most of us are called to pursue.

Pursue, but not dominate. I'm not advocating getting married at all costs. But marrying well, for God's glory, is a worthy pursuit. There's a difference between making it happen and helping it happen. I'm not going to parrot the "girl-power," feminist worldview. Men have a key role to play. And how the single women they know relate to them has everything to do with their momentum toward marriage. This isn't a book about desperation or the hyper activity of joining every dating service and singles group. You won't find a list of 100 tips for meeting a hot man or five things you can do today to help you get married tomorrow.

What you will find is a way to live like you're planning to marry. Not just having a hope chest — but cultivating a lifestyle that is consistent with the season of marriage ahead. A life that's in harmony with God's work on your behalf. A life that nurtures men and the community around you to play their role so that you don't have to carry it all. Finally, you'll find in the context of this marriage-minded lifestyle a new confidence to pray like you never have — trusting that marriage is a goal within your grasp. You can risk hoping that you will get married. You really can help it happen.

Ready to learn how? Order now.

Taken from Get Married, Moody Publishers, © 2008 by Candice Watters