Unraveling: Hanging Onto Faith Through the End of a Christian Marriage

Elisabeth Klein Corcoran

Abingdon Press, 2013 - Family & Relationships - 240 pages

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.

Contents

• Raw: 1
• Hope: 5
• Guilt: 10
• Heart: 15
• Opinions: 20
• Perseverance: 26
• Flourishing: 31
• Waiting: 35
• Happiness: 40
• Expectations: 45
• Goodbyes: 49
• Gratitude: 55
• Children: 61
• Loneliness: 66
• Health: 71
• Fear: 75
• Identity: 79
• Hatred: 84
• Joy: 89
• Friendship: 98
• Hurts: 104
• Enough: 109
• Anger: 115
• Brokenness: 120
• Healing: 125
• Suffering 180: 130
• Avoidance 185: 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 by Lauren F Winner: 202
• Acknowledgments: 205
• Open Letter to My Children: 210
• For Those Who Want to Help: 216

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Unraveling: Hanging Onto Faith Through the End of a Christian Marriage
• Author: Elisabeth Klein Corcoran
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1426770278, 9781426770272
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Divorce & Separation; Religion / Christian Life / Relationships; Religion / Christian Living / Family & Relationships; Religion / Christian Living / Women's Interests; Religion / Sexuality & Gender Studies