For more than thirty years, Rick Larson has counseled married couples using the biblical principle of 5:21. Ordained by the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, he speaks to chu...view moreFor more than thirty years, Rick Larson has counseled married couples using the biblical principle of 5:21. Ordained by the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, he speaks to churches and parachurch ministries throughout North America. Before entering full-time ministry, Rick, who holds a master’s in social work, worked for the state of Rhode Island as a policy adviser on social services to the state legislature and to the governor. Rick has pastored two churches in the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC); Chapel in the Pines in Arnold, California; and Hope Community Church in Houston, Texas. He also served as director of ministry for the midsouth region of the ECC. His most recent church ministry has been as executive pastor at Sierra Bible Church, an independent evangelical congregation, in Sonora, California. Rick and Linda have two grown children and are grandparents to four grandchildren.view less