Called 2 Love The Uhlmann Story: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Joy-filled Connection
Ebook
Overview
Steve’s life was defined by plastic. An engineer at heart, he started an injection molding company that grew to more than 9,000 employees, with manufacturing plants around the world and a private jet to complete the package. Though Steve and Barbara thought they had it all, the demands of a successful business took their toll. When they retired in 2005, they were ready to enjoy their golden years with an exemplary marriage.
Then disaster struck.
In the aftermath of a severe panic attack, Barbara was diagnosed with cancer. For nearly two years, she was incapacitated. The strain of caring for her, in spite of appearances, exposed how shallow the Uhlmann relationship was. Their crisis drove them to levels of intimacy they could never have predicted.
In Called 2 Love: The Uhlmann Story, Steve and Barbara share the journey of self-discovery that helped turn their marriage into a joy-filled adventure of connection.
Between their social image and pick-and-choose Christian beliefs, Steve and Barbara Uhlmann had actually managed to fool a lot of people—primarily themselves. They had propped up a grand illusion that they were living out a pretty decent love story when all along it wasn’t even close. When ghosts from their past finally exposed how shallow their love actually was, it could have marked the end of it all. Instead, it marked a new and wonderful beginning. It took a lot of raw honesty and bare-knuckled forgiveness to get there, but they found a love that few couples ever find. Fortunately, their story shows all of us how we can find it too.
—Tim Kimmel, author of Grace-Based Parenting
In a culture where relationships are falling apart, The Uhlmann Story reminds us that it is never too late to build an amazing marriage.
—John Trent, PhD, The Gary Chapman Chair of Marriage and Family Ministry and Therapy at Moody Theological Seminary
Every hour I invested in this manuscript brought great delight! Steve’s and Barbara’s insights into marriage and intimacy make me want to stand up and cheer and tell everyone I know about this priceless “work of heart!” No doubt it will have the same impact on all who are open to learning what it means to recognize and minister to your spouse’s deepest needs.
—Shannon Ethridge, MA, life/relationship coach, speaker, and author of twenty-two books, including the best-selling Every Woman’s Battle series
The Uhlmann Story is compelling, powerful, and needed. Steve and Barbara have done an incredible job of walking through real-life application of God’s plan to heal and restore his people back into his image.
—Timothy R. Jennings, MD, author of Could It Be This Simple? and The God-Shaped Brain
Called 2 Love: The Uhlmann Story is a heartfelt revelation told in a genuine attempt to help others make healthy change that brings about healing and true intimacy.
—Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, authors of Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts
This book provides a beautiful narrative of how transformational love can change the heart and make all the difference in a marriage.
—Darryl DelHousaye, DMin, president of Phoenix Seminary
Product Details
- Title : Called 2 Love: The Uhlmann Story: a journey of self-discovery and joy-filled connection
- Authors:
- Uhlmann, Steve
- Uhlmann, Barbara
- Publisher: Broadstreet Publishing Group, LLC
- Publication Date: 2020
- ISBN: 9781424559220
Steve and Barbara Uhlmann are the founders of and heartbeat behind the Agape Project, LoveLikeJesus.com, The Intentional Community, and the Called 2 Love Initiative. After a financially successful career in the global plastics industry, Steve and Barbara came to the realization that they were married yet emotionally alone. Ghosts from the past and a health crisis in the present could have marked the end of it all. Instead, it denoted a new and wonderful beginning. Their journey from emotional woundedness to wholeness shows all of us how we can experience an ongoing relational intimacy with the one we love. The Uhlmanns have two adult children, six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. They reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.