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Summary: Treasures out of Dark Times
Review: Would you think divorce is just as common within the Christian world as in the world at large? Neither Kari nor Noelle Quinn her co-author (both pen names of well-known Christian writers) ever imagined such a thing happening to their Christian marriages. But their husbands had hidden lives - adulteries that nuked their marriages. The authors and their children went through unwanted divorces. They met at a writer's conference and this book was born.Barbara Johnson of Spatula Ministries endorses When He Leaves. The cover promises to lead the reader toward choosing to live, love and laugh again. The book delivers. You follow their journeys from courtship to shipwreck - through shock, despair, regrouping, repairing and rebuilding their lives with God's help, a divorce support group and time. Anyone who has weathered a profound loss whether through death, disability or divorce will be touched by this book. Transparent about their inner lives, they offer kind tips in lighthearted style tempered compassion born of the fire of their testings. Wonderful sidebars include: the Prayer for Rage, Eight Promises I make to my Children, and wise words about verbal exploitation for women caught in the web of marriage to a controlling man. Women can be as guilty of this sin, which shoves God to the side and dictates to the soul of another. When He Leaves is written in a vivid lyrical style similar to Annie Dillard. The book should be recommended reading for every Christian. It will broaden your understanding of extreme loss, and help us show God's compassion to one another in the tough places in life. Thank you Kari West and Noelle Quinn for writing about being raised from the death of a marriage into new life. I had the pleasure of meeting one of the authors at a conference. She confided this honest book was published under the pen names in hopes there will be a redemptive time in her ex husband's life .......................
Rating:
Summary: Treasures out of Dark Times
Review: Would you think divorce is just as common within the Christian world as in the world at large? Neither Kari nor Noelle Quinn her co-author (both pen names of well-known Christian writers) ever imagined such a thing happening to their Christian marriages. But their husbands had hidden lives - adulteries that nuked their marriages. The authors and their children went through unwanted divorces. They met at a writer's conference and this book was born. Barbara Johnson of Spatula Ministries endorses When He Leaves. The cover promises to lead the reader toward choosing to live, love and laugh again. The book delivers. You follow their journeys from courtship to shipwreck - through shock, despair, regrouping, repairing and rebuilding their lives with God's help, a divorce support group and time. Anyone who has weathered a profound loss whether through death, disability or divorce will be touched by this book. Transparent about their inner lives, they offer kind tips in lighthearted style tempered compassion born of the fire of their testings. Wonderful sidebars include: the Prayer for Rage, Eight Promises I make to my Children, and wise words about verbal exploitation for women caught in the web of marriage to a controlling man. Women can be as guilty of this sin, which shoves God to the side and dictates to the soul of another. When He Leaves is written in a vivid lyrical style similar to Annie Dillard. The book should be recommended reading for every Christian. It will broaden your understanding of extreme loss, and help us show God's compassion to one another in the tough places in life. Thank you Kari West and Noelle Quinn for writing about being raised from the death of a marriage into new life. I had the pleasure of meeting one of the authors at a conference. She confided this honest book was published under the pen names in hopes there will be a redemptive time in her ex husband's life .......................
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