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August 2025

August 15, 2025

A Marriage Renaissance?

New evidence shows that divorce is down, more children are living with their married parents,...

September 2024

September 02, 2024

Vocation Day Miscellany, 9/2/24

In this Vocation Day (a.k.a. Labor Day) Miscellany, we reflect on how one in five...

December 2022

December 16, 2022

What Now After the “Respect for Marriage Act”?

Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land. What does that mean for the...

February 2022

February 10, 2022

The Myths about Cohabitation and Late Marriage

The conventional wisdom today is that living together before getting married can help you make...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

The Pope makes annullments easier

Roman Catholics don't allow for divorce, the dissolution of a marriage. They do, however, allow...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

The faults of No-Fault divorce

Re-building the institution of marriage requires changing the no-fault divorce laws, argue Thomas Farr and...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Family synod’s final statement is more conservative

The initial statement from the Roman Catholic synod on the family was hailed for its...

October 06, 2014

Catholics begin synod on marriage & sexual morality

The Extraordinary Synod on the Family is underway at the Vatican. Two hundred bishops of...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Making it harder to get a divorce

A number of states have been or are considering protecting marriage--as well as promoting the...

December 2013

December 11, 2013

Signs of being divorce-proof

Here are five bits of social science research that would indicate a person is unlikely...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Allowing divorced Catholics to take Communion?

Pope Francis and the Roman Catholic hierarchy are reportedly re-considering the practice of denying Communion...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Maybe the Church will now take marriage seriously

As my daughter pointed out, churches have been violating God's design for marriage long before...

August 2012

August 02, 2012

Why Divorce Calls Children’s Existence into Question

Andrew Root, a professor at Luther Seminary, has a moving and illuminating article in Christianity...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Women who want a divorce

The Washington Post has an ongoing feature about "myths." Last Sunday the topic was Five...

December 2011

December 27, 2011

Newt wasn’t married after all!

Newt Gingrich is on his third marriage, but the Roman Catholic church, which does not...

October 2011

October 07, 2011

Divorce without marriage

As the number of co-habiting couples skyrockets, a new legal problem has come to the...

September 2011

September 19, 2011

Divorce on grounds of Alzheimer’s

So what all is disturbing about this? Pat Robertson advised a viewer of yesterday's 700...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

Facebook and divorce

Back to the bad effects of the internet: Facebook is cited in 1 out of...

February 2011

February 21, 2011

The Christian divorce rate

We keep hearing that the divorce rate among Christians is the same as--or maybe a...

October 2010

October 07, 2010

The missing pro-family issue

Al Mohler calls "pro-family" activists on a major blind spot: As [University of Washington] Professor...

June 2010

June 18, 2010

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Did you realize that one state in the union still requires an actual reason to...

June 17, 2010

Egypt orders Coptic Christians to allow divorce

The Egyptian government has ruled that Coptic Christians must change their doctrine about divorce and...

March 2010

March 23, 2010

Can’t afford to divorce

The divorce rate has gone down ever since the recession started. Couples can't afford to...