The Unexplored World of the Therapy Office

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pockets.  But I found it would be too long; and the age of great epics is past. G. K. Chesterton∗ There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an...

Never Stop Learning

Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance. Proverbs 1:5 One of my professors in grad school quoted some marriage therapy guru as saying you don’t really become a good marriage therapist till you reach 10,000 hours of...

Good or Evil from an Affair

A man’s own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD. Proverbs 19:3 The other morning I was driving from my office in Ames, Iowa to my office in Urbandale, Iowa, about 40 miles away.  Once in awhile on these trips I’ll call and chat with my son...