Modern Marriages Loaded with Ridiculously High Expectations

In a popular TED talk titled "The secret to desire in a long-term relationship," psychotherapist Esther Perel, who has counseled hundreds of ...

Pixar Film Proclaims Message on Romantic Love

Editor's Note: The Pixar movie Inside Out includes a short film called Lava, a quick story about two volcanoes who fall in love. In the following ...

Words That Have Changed Meaning Over Time

Words change meaning over time in ways that might surprise you. Here are just a few examples of words (so, preacher, take your choice) you may not have ...

'GQ' Magazine Promotes Do-it-yourself Weddings

GQ magazine ran an article for men titled "The only rule [about your wedding] is you have to say 'I Do.'" The editors for GQ add, "God ...

Holding Hands—The 'Spice' of a 47-Year Marriage

Gerontologist Dr. Karl Pillemer, whose book 30 Lessons for Loving is drawn from 700 interviews, discovered that older adults "place intimacy as a ...

Different Perceptions of What Makes a 'Ridge'

A story is told of a man from Colorado who came to northern Minnesota one autumn for deer hunting. The Mid-westerners who hosted him planned to "drive ...

Love Is More than a Padlock on a Bridge

For years people (mostly tourists) have been writing their initials on padlocks and locking them to the famed Pont de Arts Bridge in Paris, throwing the ...

Marriages Strengthen Our Country and Ourselves

A small article in The Week, a secular source for world and American news, made the following statement:

Want to help America's economy and yourself ...

We Weren't Meant to Suffer Alone

In her funny, off-beat memoir, journalist and writer Heather Havrilesky reminds us how community (whether in a family or a church family) implies carrying ...

Flunking a Relationship

15+6= what? For one almost-groom in India, it is the math problem that he might never recover from, after it ruined his wedding day. Lovely, the bride, ...