The Rise of Online Sports Betting — And Why Gambling Belongs in This Conversation Too A few years ago, gambling addiction and marriage rarely came up together in premarital work. Now it comes up regularly, and I don't think that's a coincidence. Since a 2018 Supreme Court decision opened the door ...read more
The Secrets That Quietly Break Marriages — And why precommitment therapy helps
The Secrets That Quietly Break Marriages — And why precommitment therapy helps Over the years, I've sat with more couples than I can count in the aftermath of a hidden addiction coming out — a drinking problem that had been minimized for years, a pornography habit that had quietly become ...read more
The Tools Every Couple Needs to Start Well
The Tools Every Couple Needs to Start Well For a lot of my career, premarital counseling lived almost entirely inside church walls. These days, however, many couples are interested in non-religious premarital counseling as well. I understand why — I spent years as a pastoral counselor myself, ...read more