My wife and I, along with her first husband and his second wife, would like to invite you to our first marriage seminar. The name of the Seminar is the same as the soon-to-be-released book:

What Divorce Taught Us About Marriage

It may seem odd--divorced people talking about how to have a better marriage. It seems odd to us as well. But, failure has a lot to teach about success. That is why, if you look in the business section of any Barnes and Nobles you will find a number of books about what failure has to teach business about success. One is John Maxwell's excellent book,Failing Forward. You can learn more from studying the black box data after one crash than you can from observing hundreds of hours of safe, level flying. 

We have four basic things to say:

1. Divorce is painful. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. There is a reason God hates divorce. In the seminar, we will discuss why. I hate it too.
2. Divorce is possible. I can happen to you. The Bible says,  "Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence." 1 Corinthians 10:12 (MSG)
3. Divorce is preventable. This will be the heart of the seminar. It could happen to you, but it doesn't have to. We will offer practical lessons learned from the pain of failure as to how to have a better marriage. Some of the things we will talk about include 1) How to have the conversation you really need to have, 2) How a little thing like being too busy can kill love, 3) How a "How hard can it be?" attitude can kill you. If you haven't read a book on marriage in a while, it has been too long. 4) How love at its best is a little bit selfish. You read that right. We will show it to you in the Bible.
4. Divorce is passing. All pain is passing. It came to pass, and it will pass. In one of the ironies of life, my wife's ex-husband has become my best friend. The four of us spent a good part of the evening comfortably talking about the details of the seminar, which explains why I can't sleep tonight. I am too fired up!

Here are the details. We actually have two conferences scheduled.

We'd love to have you attend. If you know anyone in the Jacksonville, FL area, please pass this along.

For more information, see http://whatdivorcetaught.com/