"The Sound of Music": Facing Your Calling

The classic film The Sound of Music is about a candidate for the convent (Julie Andrews) who is searching for God's will for her life. She has trouble ...

Mother Too Wise to Trust Son's Sin Nature

Author and minister Bob Russell says:

When I was a teenager, my mother had a rule: don't ever bring your girlfriend to our house when no one is here. ...

"Singles": Lowering Standards for a Mate

The movie Singles portrays a group of twenty-somethings looking for love. Theirs is an unending search for a true companion, which seems forever out of ...

Daddy Remembers to Love Wife

Father of the Bride is a touching comedy-drama dealing with a father's feelings about "giving his daughter away" in marriage. George, the ...

God's Constant Invitation

Tedd Kidd was five years older than Janet, finished college before her, and started to work in a city hundreds of miles from her. They always seemed to ...

Madonna's View of Courtship

According to pop singer/actress Madonna: "You really have to get to know someone. Courtship, the whole idea of courtship, is such a boring, dated ...

Things Wives Want

In the

Chicago Tribune,

Cheryl Lavin lists the things women want:

1. Don't ever lie to us; we always find out. 2. If you're in a bad mood, we're ...

Yearning for Romance

According to Harlequin publishing house, which has been in the romance business for 70 years, more than 131 million romance novels are purchased each ...

Men's Rules for Women

In the Chicago Tribune, Cheryl Lavin writes about the rules guys wish girls followed. Here is a sampling of 17:

1. If you ask a question you don't really want an answer to, expect an answer you didn't want to hear.

Charles Schulz: Lover of Losers

With the death of "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles Schulz, many commented on his ability to reflect on the sadnesses of real life through the experiences ...