Ashleigh Slater - Team Us: The Unifying Power of Grace, Commitment, and Cooperation in Marriage

Team Us addresses one of the most important aspects of an intimate marriagebecoming one. A wedding, after all, is simply a promise, but a marriage is a daily pursuit. With a whimsical and engaging style, Ashleigh Slater challenges us to build our team with careful thought, perseverance and commitment.

Gary Thomas, author of Sacred Marriage and A Lifelong Love

Is your marriage a team effort? Are you and your main squeeze producing the sweet fruit of joyful togetherness and intimacy? Or are you beginning to resemble a pair of old lemons, estranged and sour, waiting to be picked off by the enemy and added to the heap of failed relationships? If youve lost some of the us-ness you had when you first got married, Team Us is a book you need to read. If you want to fire up the togetherness in your relationship, build oneness, and live with a Team Us spirit, read Ashleighs book today! Her writing is transparent, engaging, funny, and helpful. This book will fill you with the practical perspective you need to win in marriage.

Kirk Cameron, actor/film producer

Team Us is a resource that I believe will help husbands and wives put their relationship into the right perspective and give them hope and motivation to aim for teamwork!

Jennifer Smith, author of The Unveiled Wife and Wife After God

Like a conversation with a true friend, this book is open, real, and honest. Ashleigh invites you inside her heart and home to humbly share wisdom gained from experiences she and her husband have walked through. Here youll find solid teaching that is gentle, yet poignant, with a touch of humor, showing how to trust, to love freely, to keep no record of wrongs and the many other ways of living that make for a rich, fulfilling marriage. We highly recommend this book for couples of any age.

Matthew and Lisa Jacobson, authors of 100 Ways to Love Your Husband and 100 Ways to Love Your Wife

Part Princess Bride and part Remember the Titans, youll be cheering for Team Us from page one! Ashleigh does a masterful job of weaving in her own story with yours. Youll learn what it takes to triumph in marriage as a team, even when the odds are stacked up against you.

Arlene Pellicane, author of 31 Days to Becoming a Happy Wife and coauthor of Growing Up Social

Team Us is a must-have book for every couple. Ashleighs writing style drew me in and kept me captivated throughout. The relationship between Ashleigh and her husband, Ted, is my favorite aspect of the book, and I love the fact that his voice was present throughout. Absolutely beautiful and inspiring!

Darlene Schacht, creator of The Time-Warp Wife

When it comes to the ups and downs of daily life, are you and your spouse on the same team? If you struggle with unity in your relationship, Team Us is a great read. It offers practical and encouraging thoughts on how you can better live out marriage together!

Mitch Temple, licensed marriage and family therapist, marriage author/speaker, faith and family movie consultant (Fireproof, Moms Night Out)

Marriage is the adventure of a lifetimea sacred and lifelong commitment played out in the triumphs and tragedies of the day-to-day. In Team Us, Ashleigh (and Ted) bring you along on their adventure, sharing the simple but foundational lessons theyve learned along the way. The result is a fun, honest, and convicting read that made me eager to apply the team concept to my own marriage, and more excited than ever for the years ahead.

Alex Harris, coauthor of Do Hard Things and Start Here

Team Us is a transparent look into marriage through the life of Ashleigh and Ted Slater. It is their real life ups and downs through which Ashleigh has brilliantly unearthed relevant principles that will add value to any marriage. Ashleighs humor and vulnerability will keep you turning pages. If you are married or believe marriage is in your future, then Team Us is waiting for its place on your nightstand.

Rob McDowell, lead pastor, North Metro Church, Marietta, Georgia

Team Us is a wonderful read for married couples who are looking to get on the same page. Encouraging, inspirational, and very easy to pass between spouses for sparking conversation.

Renee Fisher, author of four books including Forgiving Others, Forgiving Me

Packed full of challenging and uplifting marriage advice, Team Us will draw readers in and set them up for a successful, fun, and godly marriage. Ashleigh Slater has a way with words where we see our own strengths and weaknesses within her story. Coupled with candid personal stories, humorous life happenings, and biblical truth, both men and women will relate and jump in to make their marriages even better. Team Us will be close at hand to share with those I mentor.

Sarah Francis Martin, author of Just RISE UP!: A Call to Make Jesus Famous www.liveitoutblog.com

Ashleighs warm, humorous, and unflinchingly honest revelations and insights convicted, inspired and motivated me. Even after 23 years of marriage, God used Team Us to give me a clearer, deeper picture of exactly what He has in mind when He created marriage. It gave me new tools to tackle old problems with hope and a plan. Team Us is a wonderful resource for couples that can transform their mentality about marriage and help them pursue the relationship in the way God intended!

Melinda Means, blogger, speaker and co-author of Mothering From Scratch: Finding the Best Parenting Style for You and Your Family

2014 by
ASHLEIGH SLATER

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Edited by Bailey Utecht
Interior design: Design Corps and Erik M. Peterson
Cover design: Erik M. Peterson

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Slater, Ashleigh Kittle.

Team us : marriage together / Ashleigh Slater.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-8024-1179-2

1. Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity. I. Title.

BV835.S53 2014

248.844--dc23

2014001986

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