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If You Have to Choose Between Saving Your Marriage or Soul, Save Your Soul | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN

By Glennon Doyle — 2016

Oprah's Book Club author, Glennon Doyle Melton, explains why a marriage isn't worth saving if it means forsaking your relationship with God.

01:33 min

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Divorce and Breakup