[.ca] The Act of Marriage After 40: Making Love for Life (ISBN 0310231140)

From Amazon.co.uk:
The Act of Marriage After 40: Making Love for Life by Tim and Beverly LaHaye with Mike Yorkey is a practical, no-nonsense guidebook that will teach married couples to have a more satisfying sex life in middle age and beyond. A follow-up to their successful Act of Marriage, the topics covered in this book are based on the results of a comprehensive survey investigating the sexual issues that are most important to older Christian couples. Although the LaHayes say their research indicates that "the frequency of sex is reduced by advancing age", they make a convincing case for their belief that "the meaning of the act of marriage can be as enriching, more satisfying even with the passage of years". Each chapter of the book explores topics such as menopause, erectile dysfunction, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and the temptation of extramarital affairs. The LaHayes also provide a number of strategies for jump-starting stalled sex lives. Some of these strategies are atmospheric (men will learn that "items that stir a woman's senses are a bouquet of flowers, a bowl of fresh fruit, or 100-gram bars of Swiss chocolate (chocolate has been known for its aphrodisiac qualities for centuries)". Other strategies are more technical (various sexual positions are described, and although the LaHayes "do not personally recommend or advocate oral sex", they "see no biblical grounds to preclude two married people from enjoying the practice".). The Act of Marriage is a passionate exploration of an important subject, and its advice will help many married couples practise sexual faithfulness to one another as an expression of Christian faith. --Paul Power

You already know what it's going to say.:
News Flash: this book is exactly the same is everything else the LaHayes have ever written. Don't let the 'over 40' fool you. The advice is only marginally different from what they tell the under 40 marrieds. Here, I'll save you the cash : "Keep adhering to scriptural principles throughout your entire life" Now take the money you saved and give it to the needy.

Helpful and better than many secular sex books:
First off I come from a what can best be described as a liberal or wild mode (in the past) so there is little that shocks me when it comes to sex talk. This is why I loved this book because it does what Ed Wheat and other Christians are finally doing and that is talking honestly about sex and how during different stages of life and marriages our bodies change and how we can renew the intimacy of marriage. There are, believe it or not, a number of Christians who fall into two different groups. One side you have the Christians who have succumbed to secular and in my opinion rather vulgar sex info. The other side is made up of Christians who have sexual issues in their marriage, and be it myths that say that nice Christians do not talk about "those things" the marriage stays in a day to day rut. Nothing gets better and if lucky nothing gets worse. But the intimacy is dead. The Lahayes are blunt but in a civil manner, and discuss the most intimate issues and problems that may effect a couple when it comes to sexual pleasure. Coming from a Jewish background, and now in a Christian marriage I am glad they recognize that G~d made sexual pleasure for the marriage bed and that sexual pleasure is good. I would also recommend Kosher Sex another great book on sex.

Excellent!:
I found this book to be very informative about middle age and beyond, marriage, physical problems, exercise, health, E.D., and, especially, sex life. It includes a section on hygiene, sexual positions, and sexual techniques, and everything is written from the Christian point of view. I found it very helpful and interesting. I would like to read the original "The Act of Marriage" to complement it.