A pastor asked about counselling couples for/after marriage:

I replied:

My favourite place for counselling couples – before or after marriage – is a smorgasbord restaurant (‘FoodStar’ at Burwood Highway Knox – cheap and good).

I listen to both, then may talk to one of the couple while the other gets some food (‘take your time’), or give them a discussion-point to talk about together while I take a leisurely journey to replenish my plate.

Relaxed, convivial, and the hour-and-a-half goes very quickly!

(Better than the somewhat foreign – even intimidating – environment of a book-lined pastor’s study/office).

Rowland Croucher