Spiritually Healthy Divorce

This practical and soul-strengthening resource serves as a spiritual map for regaining your bearings, helping you move through the twists and turns of divorce in a spiritually healthy way. Drawing on her work as a pastor and counselor¿ and her personal experience of divorce¿Carolyne Call proposes a three-pronged approach to help you reset your compass on a new destination¿wholeness. She looks at how and where divorce-related disruptions take place; identifies the potential for each disruption to trigger self-defeating emotions and behavior; and explores how to heal in each disruption¿s wake. Supported by first-person accounts from men and women of a variety of faith traditions who have found their way through divorce, Call helps you identify: ¿ Where you want to go¿¿I want to be true to who I am¿ ¿ Where you don¿t want to go¿the ¿cul-de-sacs¿ of bitterness, resentment, victimization and guilt ¿ What you can do to get there Each chapter includes reflective questions and practical exercises. Appendices offer a structure for group sessions for use in churches or faith-based groups.