Billy and Ruth Graham in Old Age

In August of 2006, Newsweek magazine profiled the lives of Ruth and Billy Graham—not their historic evangelistic crusades and international impact, ...

Bride Chooses Humorous Mantra for Her Wedding

A young bride to be was very nervous on the day before her wedding, so she went to speak with her minister. "I'm afraid I might not make it through ...

Most Married Man Dies Alone

Glynn Wolfe died alone in Los Angeles at the age of 88. No one came to claim his body; the city paid to have him buried in an unmarked grave. This is ...

Bonhoeffer on Love and Marriage

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote:

Marriage is more than your love for each other. It has a higher dignity and power, for it is God's holy ordinance, through ...

Johnny Depp's Definition of Marriage

—Actor Johnny Depp said:

Marriage can be whatever you define it as. For example, I don't feel like I need a piece of paper that says I own her and ...

Will Smith's Immoral Marriage Advice

In the movie Hitch, Will Smith plays a guy who wins fame as a relationship expert. In real life, Will is married to actress Jada Pinkett Smith. His philosophy ...

Marriage Is a One-sided Covenant

Al Janssen writes in "The Marriage Masterpiece":

I am struck, as I reflect on the vows Jo and I exchanged at our wedding, by the one-sidedness ...

Doing More Than the Minimum

I will do more than belong, —I will participate.

I will do more than care, —I will help.

I will do more than believe—, I will practice.

I will do more than ...

Rocker Rod Stewart Wants Short-Term Wedding Vows

"I think [marriage] vows should be changed, because they've been in existence for 600 years, when people used to live until they were only 35. ...

Keeping Promises

Writer and speaker Lewis Smedes says:

Yes, somewhere people still make and keep promises. They choose not to quit when the going gets rough because they ...