Marriage Champions
#57: Steve Harris: Professor, U of MN. Discernment Counseling. Reasons for Divorce. Cohabitation.
Introduction and Steve Harris's background 0:00 Faith, family, and his work at the University of Minnesota 4:46 The state of marriage in society today 6:12 Cohabitation: sliding into marriage versus deciding 8:33 Why couples come apart: the slow drift 12:04 Rising expectations of what a spouse should be 15:19 What discernment counseling is and mixed agenda couples 16:40 The three paths: status quo, divorce, and the six month experiment 20:39 Working with the leaning out partner 23:49 Working with the leaning in partner 27:11 Reaching couples earlier through relationship education 30:11 Hard problems versus soft problems 33:56 Advice for pastors: seen, heard, and understood 37:16 Lay confidants, the divorce narrative, and marital first responders 39:53 Who can be trained in discernment counseling 42:50 How to choose a marriage counselor 45:24 Encouraging signs and being the change 49:02 Books, websites, and resources 51:27 Closing 54:51
