Fight Fair: Winning at Conflict without Losing at Love

by Tim Downs; Joy Downs

Publisher:

Moody Publishers

, 2010

Everyone disagrees on some things; this is inevitable. The question is, how can we disagree with those we love but increase the odds that we will live and love to fight another day? In other words, how can we fight fair?

In this companion to One of Us Must Be Crazy... and I'm Pretty Sure It's You (a treatise on making sense of the differences that divide us), Tim and Joy Downs aren't playing around. This time they concentrate less on how to make sense of our diferences and more on winning at conflict without losing at love.

When couples fight, tempers flare, tongues loosen, and behavior occurs that can cause major damage to the relationship. Fight Fair! teaches couples how to have healthy disagreements. It is a candid and realistic "rulebook" for married couples to ensure that their conflict is God-honoring and respectful of their partner. There is also plenty of immediate application to ensure that future conflicts don't create permanent scars.

Praise for Fight Fair

Conflict is common to all marriages.  What MOST marriages don’t have is a blueprint for resolving conflict when it occurs.  Tim and Joy not only share with you THE most effective blueprint, but they will give you the practical tools and coaching needed in marriages today.  Buy and apply this book!  It’ll revolutionize your relationship.

Dr. Dennis Rainey
President
FamilyLife

"All couples fight. Tim and Joy Downs offer inspirational and doable coaching for couples who want to strengthen their love in the midst of inevitable conflict."

Dr. Tim Kimmel
author of Grace Based Parenting

Product Details

• Title : Fight Fair: Winning at Conflict without Losing at Love
• Authors:
  • Downs, Tim
  • Downs, Joy
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication Date: 2010
• ISBN: 9781575677132

About the Authors

TIM DOWNS is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University in Graphic Design. After graduation in 1976 he created a comic strip, Downstown, which was syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. His cartooning has appeared in more than a hundred newspapers worldwide. In 1979 he joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, where he founded and directed the Communication Center, a communication training facility. He continues to serve as a speaker and writer. He and his wife, Joy, have spoken at FamilyLife Marriage and Parenting Conferences since 1985. He is author of First the Dead, Less Than Dead, Chop Shop, Head Game, Plague Maker, Shoo Fly Pie, and Finding Common Ground, which was awarded the Gold Medallion Award in 2000. He is also co-author of Fight Fair and The Seven Conflicts: Resolving the Most Common Disagreements in Marriage along with his wife Joy. Tim lives in Cary, North Carolina, with his wife and three children.

JOY DOWNS is a 1979 graduate of Indiana University in Journalism. After graduation, she joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ where she served as a radio writer and producer and helped direct the Communication Center, a communication training facility of Campus Crusade. Joy and her husband, Tim, have spoken at FamilyLife Marriage and Parenting Conferences. Together they have co-authored two books entitled The Seven Conflicts: Resolving the Most Common Disagreements in Marriage and Fight Fair!: Winning at Conflict without Losing at Love. Joy lives in Cary, North Carolina, with her husband and three children.