Too Close Too Soon: Avoiding the Heartache of Premature Intimacy

by Jim A. Talley, Bobbie Reed

Overview

Jim Talley and Bobbie Reed outline simple yet effective methods of building quality relationships while curtailing premature intimacy in this plain-spoken and experience-tested manual. A study guide at the end of the book features discussion questions and creative assignments for each chapter.

Previous edition: 0840730454

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780785264743
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	09/28/2002
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dr. Jim A. Talley has had more than twenty-five years of experience as a singles pastor, lecturer, and counselor. Author of bestsellers, Too Close Too Soon and Reconcilable Differences, Dr. Talley has appeared on numerous radio and television programs. He is a licensed Marital and Family Therapist in Oklahoma. He and his wife, Joyce, have three children and eight grandchildren.

Dr. Bobbie Reed is the author of thirty-six books in the fields of Christian education, parenting, relationships, infertility, and successfully living as a single or single again adult. She is a nationally known inspirational speaker and a consultant for Single Adult Ministries. Dr. Reed and her husband, Edward, live in Chula Vista, California.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
Chapter 1	Once upon a Time	1
Chapter 2	Time: Friend or Foe?	17
Chapter 3	Togetherness Is Not Enough!	39
Chapter 4	Absence Is Not for Pining	49
Chapter 5	One of a Kind	57
Chapter 6	Alike and Different	71
Chapter 7	Fairy Tales or Reality?	79
Chapter 8	Building Together	95
Chapter 9	Avoiding the Pitfalls	105
Chapter 10	The Perfect Ending	121
	Study Guide	127
	About the Authors	181