Unraveling: Hanging on to Faith Through the End of a Christian Marriage

Unraveling: Hanging on to Faith Through the End of a Christian Marriage

by Elisabeth Klein Corcoran
Unraveling: Hanging on to Faith Through the End of a Christian Marriage

Unraveling: Hanging on to Faith Through the End of a Christian Marriage

by Elisabeth Klein Corcoran

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Overview

To be a separated or divorced Christian is to be an anomaly, a scandal. No one knows what box to put you in or what to do with you, and this no-man’s land—pun intended—can be a very isolating and core-shaking place to dwell. Elisabeth Klein Corcoran knows from experience. After extensive counseling, mentoring, 12-step groups, many tears, and even more prayers, Elisabeth found her 18-year marriage ending in separation and divorce. A believer completely in love with Jesus, Elisabeth was alone, drowning in a sea of emotions, and questioning how to navigate her way through the end of her marriage. Elisabeth walks readers through the varied emotions of being newly single in this collection of vulnerable and hopeful essays, expounding on some of the most common struggles of divorce: anger, faith, guilt, loneliness, and more. What started as an article for Crosswalk.com, has turned into a calling to soothe broken hearts with stories, prayer, action steps, and Scripture readings, helping readers hold on to profound faith and reassurance in the one Love that will never die. Whether separated, newly divorced, or just considering divorce, women will find hope and comfort in these short, but dynamic readings.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781426770272
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 10/01/2013
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Elisabeth Klein Corcoran is an author, blogger, speaker and founder of the women's ministry at Christ Community Church s Blackberry Creek Campus for 10 years. With a heart for social justice and outreach to women, she leads international mission trips, organizes women s meetings, and moderates Facebook groups connected with difficult marriages, domestic abuse, and divorce. A regular contributor for websites such as Crosswalk.com and Graceformoms.com, she lives with her two teenagers in Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Raw 1

Hope 5

Guilt 10

Heart 15

Opinions 20

Perseverance 26

Flourishing 31

Waiting 35

Happiness 40

Expectations 45

Good-byes 49

Gratitude 55

Children 61

Loneliness 66

Health 71

Fear 75

Identity 79

Hatred 84

Joy 89

Friendship 93

Forgiveness 98

Hurts 104

Enough 109

Anger 115

Brokenness 120

Healing 125

Suffering 130

Avoidance 135

Doubt 140

Strength 144

Sadness 150

Stress 155

Vulnerability 160

Unknowns 165

Exhaustion 169

Rejection 173

Enemies 177

Grief 181

Relief 185

Truth 189

New 194

Wrapping Up 199

Afterword Lauren F. Winner 202

Acknowledgments 205

And Last 208

Open Letter to My Children 210

Journaling Questions Before Moving On 214

For Those Who Want to Help 216

An Invitation 219

Notes 221

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