Christian marriage: three portraits -- The meaning of marriage -- Marriage in transition -- Christian sex and marriage: origins and images -- Christian marriage: future tense -- Marriage becomes a journey -- Passage and religious change -- The passage into marriage -- The family years -- The mature years of marriage -- The virtues of marriage: patterns and powers -- Identity: vocation and marriage -- Intimacy: the virtue at the heart of marriage -- Fruitfulness in marriage -- The wisdom of integrity -- How shall we be together?: roles in marriage -- Work and marriage -- Communication and conflict -- Beyond the partner -- Divorce and christian maturing -- Self-intimacy: the foundation of fidelity -- Fidelity: commitment and change -- Spirituality and lifestyle -- A Christian asceticism of marriage -- The ministry of marriage.