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Our Home: Building A Legacy of Love
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781971192086
Publisher: Chc Connect
Published: Dec 29 2025
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Our Home: Building A Legacy of Love by Cindy H. Carr is a heartfelt, faith-centered guide to building resilient marriages and families, published in 2025 by CHC Connect. Drawing from over four decades of marriage to her husband Dubby, ministry experience, and personal trials-including early conflicts, a painful affair, and capacity shifts-Carr offers practical wisdom for couples navigating differences without division. The book emphasizes that love is a skill to be learned, practiced, and chosen, rooted in Scripture like 1 Corinthians 13, rather than mere emotion.
Structured in 15 chapters plus an epilogue and appendix, it begins with foundational ideas: embracing God's design for differences (Chapter 1), challenging assumptions (Chapter 2), and fostering unity amid disagreement (Chapter 3). Carr introduces tools like reframing-shifting from accusation to curiosity-to protect dignity and connection. Subsequent chapters explore love languages and lenses (Chapter 4), stress-induced shadow behaviors (Chapter 5), and communication for shared goals (Chapter 7). Parenting styles, financial/time/capacity frictions, fair conflict, boundaries (especially with extended family), forgiveness, individual space, family agreements, and legacy-building round out the content.
Carr's approach is compassionate yet direct, blending personal anecdotes, prayers, and reframes to address real-life tensions. She warns against contempt, global labels, and unresolved pain, advocating quick repairs, mutual support, and intentional rituals like weekly check-ins. The appendix, The Our Home Tool Kit, provides chapter-specific exercises, scripts, and questions for implementation, encouraging readers to read sequentially or thematically.
At its core, the book reframes marriage as sacred history-a practiced us where differences strengthen rather than fracture. It's for couples in any season, promoting humility, empathy, and God-anchored growth without moralizing or perfectionism. Carr's vulnerability fosters hope: homes aren't defined by failures but by persistent repair and honor. Ideal for Christian readers seeking actionable, non-judgmental advice, it inspires legacies of steady love in an imperfect world.
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