Lowery's book ''Covenant Marriage: Staying Together for Life'' was published in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-xyA4D3IAdEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=''Covenant+Marriage:+Staying+Together+for+Life.''&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pTPdT7vfKoHM9QSQqLTwCg&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=''Covenant%20Marriage%3A%20Staying%20Together%20for%20Life.''&f=false|title=''Covenant Marriage: Staying Together for Life'' ISBN: 1-58229-393-7|publisher=Howard Books|accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref> According to his website, a [[Covenant marriage]] is one designed by [[God]] who knows that an otherwise simple "contract, easily cancelled, would not sustain the pain of a flawed marriage. God knew that the inevitable hurts and hassles, storms and struggles, difficulties and disappointments would tear at the heart of a contractual agreement, and it would disintegrate into a thousand pieces scattered along a trail of hurt, horror and hell."<ref name=lowery/> | Lowery's book ''Covenant Marriage: Staying Together for Life'' was published in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-xyA4D3IAdEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=''Covenant+Marriage:+Staying+Together+for+Life.''&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pTPdT7vfKoHM9QSQqLTwCg&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=''Covenant%20Marriage%3A%20Staying%20Together%20for%20Life.''&f=false|title=''Covenant Marriage: Staying Together for Life'' ISBN: 1-58229-393-7|publisher=Howard Books|accessdate=June 16, 2012}}</ref> According to his website, a [[Covenant marriage]] is one designed by [[God]] who knows that an otherwise simple "contract, easily cancelled, would not sustain the pain of a flawed marriage. God knew that the inevitable hurts and hassles, storms and struggles, difficulties and disappointments would tear at the heart of a contractual agreement, and it would disintegrate into a thousand pieces scattered along a trail of hurt, horror and hell."<ref name=lowery/> |