"God transformed Gary's life through his grace and the practical advice of wise mentors. Those lessons are passed along in this powerful and insightful book."--__John Fuller__, cohost of Focus on the Family   
As a teenager, Gary Morland lived in an unhappy, dysfunctional family characterized by addiction and disharmony. When he started a family of his own, he brought with him those same destructive patterns. Yet he sensed there must be a way to have a family shaped by acceptance and grace, a family that was loving, whole, and at peace with one another.   
  
In this life-giving book, Morland shares the timeless tools of family peace that will help you  
   
\- break unhealthy patterns  
\- save your family relationships  
\- learn how to generously offer grace to the people who matter most in your life  
  
This book will transform your family culture and your family legacy--starting with yourself.  
  
"Gary's practical guidance will give you the tools you need to lead your family into peace with both confidence and excellence."--__Jimmy Myers, PhD, LPC-S__, author of Fearless Parenting  
  
"I'm thankful for a voice like Gary Morland speaking into our generation about family and grace and how God can make all things new."--__Annie F. Downs__, bestselling author of Looking for Lovely and Let's All Be Brave  
  
"Morland shares tools for crafting the kind of family we all want with family members who love well, serve well, and work together toward something eternal."--__Seth Haines__, author of Coming Clean: A Story of Faith  
  
  
__Gary Morland__ is a professional communicator with more than thirty years of radio experience sharing his own life story and helping others share theirs. As a twenty-five-year sober alcoholic, he describes himself as "a guy who should have died but didn't, with a wife who should have left but stayed." If anyone knows the power of grace and forgiveness, it's Gary. He and his wife, Brenda, are the parents of authors Emily P. Freeman and Myquillyn Smith (The Nester). They live in North Carolina. Learn more at www.garymorland.com.

__Gary Morland__ is a professional communicator with more than thirty years of radio experience sharing his own life story and helping others share theirs. As a twenty-five-year sober alcoholic, he describes himself as "a guy who should have died but didn't, with a wife who should have left but stayed." If anyone knows the power of grace and forgiveness, it's Gary. He and his wife, Brenda, are the parents of authors Emily P. Freeman and Myquillyn Smith (The Nester). They live in North Carolina.

As a teenager, Gary Morland lived in an unhappy, dysfunctional family characterized by addiction and disharmony. When he started a family of his own, he brought with him those same destructive patterns. Yet he sensed there must be a way to have a family shaped by acceptance and grace, a family that was loving, whole, and at peace with one another. The problem was, he didn't know how.  
  
In this life-giving book, Morland shares his journey of discovering the timeless tools of family peace that transformed him and his family. He shows how these tools broke the unhealthy patterns of the family he grew up in and saved his relationship with his wife and two daughters. With refreshing honesty and humility, he helps readers believe that they too can start from where they are right now--no matter how broken--to transform their family culture and their family legacy and to generously offer grace to the people who matter most in their lives.

With candor and compassion, Gary Morland helps readers improve even the most difficult family relationships by replacing divisive and hurtful patterns of behavior with an environment of acceptance and grace.

Morland, Gary

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Title Page

Copyright Page

Endorsements

Dedication

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Foreword

Yes, You Can Get There from Here

Part 1: Your River

1. My Wife's Husband

2. The River of Family

Helpful Bonuses for You

3. Rollin' Down Your River

4. The Rocky River

Part 2: The Momentum-Gathering River

5. The Peaceful River

6. Contagious Momentum

7. Get Your Peace Right

8. Accept Your Family, Your Role, and Your Limits

9. Be Patient, Curious, and Attentive

10. Be God's Access

11. Model What You Want to See

12. Release Your Family, Your Role, and the Results into God's Hands

Part 3: Your Family River

13. Drops of Grace into Your River

14. One Big Step in Your Most Challenging Family Relationship

15. Dock of the Bay

Acknowledgments

Notes

About the Author

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