DivorceCare , a 13-week program of weekly meetings, is active in more than 6,000 churches .
Participants learn to deal with emotional pain and to rebuild their lives.
Topics include understanding emotional, physical, and spiritual reactions to separation or divorce, beginning the healing process, dealing with anger and depression, reducing feelings of loneliness, and avoiding inappropriate responses. Reconciliation between spouses is the first goal of DivorceCare, Bill Dunn, vice president of Church Initiative, the North Carolina group that started DivorceCare, told Religion Today . Several key Bible verses offer hope to the divorced, organizers of DivorceCare say. The sessions put a strong emphasis on having a relationship with Christ. A workbook that accompanies the videos suggests Bible readings for the days between sessions, and keeping a journal is encouraged.