EMS Weekend
Well, we just finished another EMS weekend and I never cease to be amazed. So here’s an update for those of you who follow and support what’s happening at the ARC.

It’s always been my belief that God brings just the right group and this weekend was no exception. Out of the nine couples nine of them had been involved in entangled relationships. I’m not sure what the probabilities are of that occurring, but I’d love to see the odds. That made it much easier for the participants since it felt as if they were all traveling the same path.

John Edwards, Top Five Ways to Move Forward

How does John Edwards move forward after all that’s happened. If he and Mrs. Edwards are anything like Steph and I then they just want it to blow over so they can get on with their lives and think about something else and I hope that happens. So here are the top five things John and Elizabeth could do in order to get their lives back.

Number Five: Stop with the secrets.

“When Good People Have Affairs”

Several weeks ago I made a post on the book, “When Good People Have Affairs”, by Mira Kirshenbaum. That one post managed to make last week crazy. Little did I know what that one blog post was going to do.

Can an affair really SAVE a marriage'?
In her new book “When Good People Have Affairs” - Mira Kirshenbaum argues that while infidelity is wrong, affairs don't have to be disastrous: it's how we handle them that matters. And one of the worst things we can do is feel guilty.
Not having read the book it wouldn’t be right to endorse or not to endorse Ms. Kirshenbaum’s work, but having read her article about the book there were many points where I agree, but one point in her article where I disagree. It’s on the issue of honesty.

Well everyone has finally gone home. It's been an amazing weekend. I never ceased to be amazed at the courage displayed by the couples attending the EMS weekend. They are living proof that marriages can move beyond betrayal.

This is my first blog entry. Being 54 has advantages and disadvantages. I know a lot about affairs, but there is still a lot for me to learn about the Web. For that reason I hope those of you associated with us will be patient. I promise I will work at being a good student.