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He Never Hit Me: Annette’s Story of Emotional Abuse, Neglect, and Finding Freedom As a Christian lay divorce recovery leader for the past 25 years, it's been my privilege to hear a lot of stories of committed people of faith who had to leave their destructive...
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Is Your Spouse Lying? Why Lies Are So Hard to See Part 2: Why It's So Hard to Finally Realize Your Marriage Is Abusive or Deceptive Based on The Lies We Tell and the Clues We Miss by Bella DePaulo People ask: "How could you not have known?" It's a question laced with...
Is Your Spouse Lying? Pay Attention, Because Chronic Lying Is Not a Normal in Marriage Part 1: Research shows that good spouses lie very little — so what are the lies protecting? A woman discovers evidence that something is wrong in her marriage. Her husband explains...
7 Shocking Signs Your Pastor Is Helping Your Abuser How to Know You’ve Got a Bad Pastor When You’re in an Abusive Marriage A good pastor does not need to be perfect. He does not need to know everything about domestic abuse on day one. But he does need humility,...
Spiritual Self-Surveillance: The Hidden Psychology of Self-Confrontation This is Part 3 of a three-part critique on John C. Broger’s Self-Confrontation manual. Part 1 examined Broger’s career and background, the Biblical Counseling Foundation, and how the manual can...
When “Biblical Counseling” Misreads Abuse: The Troubling Mary and Tom Story in the Self-Confrontation Manual This is Part 2 of a multi-part series on John C. Broger’s Self-Confrontation and how the manual mishandles marital abuse, addiction, and victim-blaming. Part 1...
Self-Confrontation: When Biblical Counseling Becomes Behavioral Control This is Part 1 of a four-part critique on John C. Broger’s Self-Confrontation manual. This article examines Broger’s background, the Biblical Counseling Foundation, and the system behind the...
“Kids Are Resilient” Does Not Mean “Divorce Doesn’t Matter” Anti-divorce groups love a sneering line: “They say kids are resilient. Ha ha.” Notice the trick. “They” is left vague on purpose. It can mean therapists, selfish divorcees, feminists, lawyers, researchers,...
The UK Just Took Aim at Presumed 50/50 Custody — Will America Listen? For years, family courts have operated from a dangerous assumption: Children should have contact with both parents whenever possible. That sounds reasonable—until one parent is abusive. Until a...
Will I Be Charged With Kidnapping If I Leave With the Kids? What Parents Need to Know One of the least discussed fears facing protective parents is the fear of being accused of “kidnapping” their own children. For many parents trying to leave an abusive or controlling...