A Remarkable Pattern of Healing Over Time A new 2025 study of middle-aged divorced women offers something many Christians need to hear: the pain of divorce is real, but it is not...
Studies on Divorce
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: What Counselors, Students, and Divorcing Parents Need to Know
Judith Wallerstein on Divorce and Children: What Pastors, Counselors, and Divorcing Parents Need to Know A critical review of Judith Wallerstein’s five major books on divorce,...
75% of Divorced People Are Happy (GSS 2024)—So Why Does the Church Say the Opposite?
Here’s Why That Misery Message Persists—Even When the Data Says Otherwise I often hear church leaders and Christian organizations repeat a familiar warning: Divorced people are...
Pastors and Christian Divorcees: What LifeWay’s Surveys Reveal About the Church Divorce Gap
Pastors and Christian Divorcees: What the LifeWay Surveys Reveal About the Church Divorce Gap In 2015, Focus on the Family sponsored LifeWay Research to conduct multiple surveys...
Pastors: Think Twice Before Using Focus on the Family’s Marriage Ministry Materials
Pastors: Think Twice Before Using Focus on the Family’s Marriage Ministry Materials I am pro-marriage. I have spent years defending covenant faithfulness, calling out serial...
What the LifeWay Divorce Study Reveals — And Why Focus on the Family Isn’t Talking About It
The LifeWay Divorce Study: What the Data Reveals — And What Focus on the Family Hasn’t Addressed In 2015, LifeWay Research conducted a national survey of 1,000 churchgoers who...
What Focus on the Family’s 2025 Marriage Report Gets Wrong About Divorce, Faith, and Abuse
What Focus on the Family’s 2025 Marriage Report Gets Wrong About Divorce, Faith, and Abuse An abuse-informed review of the State of the Family: Marriage Health in America report...
Psychology Today Got it Wrong: You Might Be Happier After Divorce. Here’s What the Data Really Show
Psychology Today's article Got the Waite Divorce Study Wrong — Here’s What the Data Really Show If you’ve seen the Psychology Today article claiming “you won’t be happier after...
The Top 10 No-Fault Divorce Myths and How to Refute Them
Experts Respond to 10 Common Critiques of No-Fault Divorce Let's separate the facts from the fear-bombs. This article addresses the common critiques of no-fault divorce, and...
Are They Telling the Truth About Divorce? What the New Study Really Says
Are They Telling the Truth About Divorce? What the New Study Really Says You might have read headlines or seen posts from groups like the Institute for Family Studies and Focus...
New Study Shows Kids of Divorce Rarely Face Teen Pregnancy, Jail, or Early Death
New Study Shows Kids of Divorce are Unlikely to Have Teen Pregnancy, Incarceration or Early Mortality EDITED 8-14-2025 If you have the older yellow graph, please use this blue...
Is Jordan Peterson Right About Women and Divorce? The Data Tells a Bigger Story (Updated 2026)
Is Jordan Peterson Right about Women and Divorce in This Video? UPDATED 2/28/2026 - This post has been updated with the latest happiness figures for married people according to...
Myth 22: It Takes Two Married Parents to Raise Good Kids
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (2015), Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience, Working Paper 13. Kids...