Hope Is Where the Heart Is

In Hope Is Where the Heart Is, Jim Pourteau shares the story of how he and his wife, Shannon, found healing and restoration in their marriage after betrayal and brokenness.

Have you made mistakes, wrong choices, or foolish decisions that have negatively affected your life and the people you love?

Jim Pourteau has you beat.

Jim was the guy who did everything “right.” He was a spiritual leader in one of the largest congregations in the Northeast, the go-to guy when others needed advice. Yet he nearly destroyed his marriage by having an affair with one of his wife’s best friends.

But Hope Is Where the Heart Is is about much more than the demise of Jim’s marriage and how he and his wife, Shannon, discovered how to put it back together. It is a roadmap for overcoming hardships, for finding strength to face another day—or to make it through the long, dark night of your soul—forging ahead in faith, and persevering despite the circumstances or opinions of others.

This story will cause you to ask, “What would I do in a similar situation? How can I better handle betrayal and rejection?” Most of all, it will evoke the question, “What really matters?”

Whether you have a great marriage, or your relationship is in trouble, Hope Is Where the Heart Is offers a different approach to facing your challenges. Within these pages, you will find one of life’s most valuable assets—hope!

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Foreword by Dr. Joe Beam
4. A Note From the Author
5. Part 1: Looking for the Right Road
6. Chapter 1: I Love You, but I’m Not ‘in’ Love with You
7. Chapter 2: We Are All Messed Up
8. Chapter 3: Divorce Fallout
9. Part 2: The Marriage of My Dreams
10. Chapter 4: Spiritual Awakening
11. Chapter 5: Rock Solid
12. Chapter 6: The Woman of My Dreams
13. Chapter 7: Naive Preparations
14. Chapter 8: Gun Smoke
15. Chapter 9: Louisiana Wedding
16. Part 3: This Wouldn’t Happen to Us
17. Chapter 10: How Could This Happen?
18. Chapter 11: Choices Have Consequences
19. Chapter 12: Youthful Energy
20. Chapter 13: A “Family” at Last
21. Part 4: Bad Things Happen
22. Chapter 14: Betrayal
23. Chapter 15: When the Golden Rule Doesn’t Work
24. Chapter 16: Addicted to “Love”
25. Chapter 17: Suspicions
26. Chapter 18: Moving in a Dangerous Direction
27. Chapter 19: Crossing the Line
28. Part 5: Exposed
29. Chapter 20: Be Still and Know
30. Chapter 21: Living with the Lie
31. Chapter 22: Exposed!
32. Chapter 23: Coping and Conflicted
33. Chapter 24: Running from God—Running to God
34. Chapter 25: Breakup Breakdown
35. Part 6: Falling Back in Love
36. Chapter 26: Reaching Out
37. Chapter 27: A Safe Place
38. Chapter 28: Game Changer
39. Chapter 29: Rebuilding Trust
40. Chapter 30: Hoodwinked or God-Smacked?
41. Part 7: Renewed Trust
42. Chapter 31: Who, Me? A Marriage Helper?
43. Chapter 32: So, What Can I Do?
44. Chapter 33: Limerence—the Little-Known Lure
45. Chapter 34: Is There Hope?
46. Chapter 35: The Hero Is Shannon
47. Closing Credits