Unfaithful Hope and Healing After Infidelity

by Shriver, Gary; Shriver, Mona

• ISBN13: 9781434765338
• ISBN10: 1434765334
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: David C Cook

Summary

In this tender and compassionate compendium on grief, a pastor offers comfort and understanding to a man suffering a profound loss, showing grief as a healthy process that God can use to mend broken hearts. This updated twentieth-anniversary edition features prayers and scripture meditation, as well as a new introduction and epilogue.

Author Biography

After going through the journey to save their marriage from a devastating infidelity, Gary and Mona Shriver cofounded Hope Healing Ministries, Inc., an adultery recovery peer support ministry. They are members of the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries and the Stanislaus County Healthy Marriage Coalition and have shared their story on many television and radio programs such as Focus on the Family and The 700 Club. Gary and Mona have been married more than thirty years and have three grown sons. They reside in Turlock, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Foreword	p. 13
Preface to Revision	p. 15
Revelation	p. 17
Commitment	p. 37
Faith	p. 57
Admitting Our Roles	p. 73
Never Going Back	p. 93
Willing to Endure the Pain	p. 109
Acknowledging the Losses	p. 125
Talk, Talk, and Talk Again	p. 143
Forgiveness	p. 159
Rebuilding Trust	p. 175
Hedges	p. 193
Emotional Affairs	p. 207
Healing Timeline from a Couple's Perspective	p. 245
Afterword: A Personal Letter to You from Gary	p. 267
Appendix	p. 273
Notes	p. 283
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