Hey there, friend. Thanks for joining me for Java with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery, and this podcast is an outreach of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality.

My guest in this episode is Susan Cox, who is the director of a ministry called Reengage at Watermark Church in Dallas.

Reengage is a safe place for couples to grow towards oneness in their marriages, whether

things are going really well or maybe they've hit rock bottom and can't see any hope for

their future. And Susan knows something about hitting rock bottom. In our conversation today,

you're going to hear her testimony of being

on the actual brink of divorce, literally sitting in a church in the middle of an affair and ready

to walk out of her marriage when God got her attention one Sunday morning. You'll hear how she

told her husband about her affair and the temptation to only tell part of that truth.

She'll share what it looked like to rebuild her marriage and what was required of her

and how long that process actually took.

And you'll hear why community is such a critical part of this journey.

Susan will also be my webinar guest this month.

Marriage conflict is right now at an all-time high

as couples are facing new stressors of job loss, homeschooling their kids, being locked down

in a home together. In fact, a lot of experts are predicting a dramatic rise in divorce in the next

few months. You know, when things get difficult, we're prone to look for a way

out instead of confronting the hurt and the difficulty head on. Susan and I will talk about how to do

this well in the webinar when marriage gets messy. And let's face it, right now all of our marriages

are a little messy. This live event will be free for authentic intimacy members and it costs $10 for

non-members to join us. So you can be part of this on Monday, April 20th at 7 p.m. Eastern

time. Just register at authentic intimacy.com slash events. Now let's head to the coffee shop with

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