Op-Ed Responds to the Tragedy of Celebrity Divorce

Celebrity divorces may be as unsurprising as they are frequent, but that makes them no less tragic, writes Maxwell Strachan in a recent op-ed for the ...

Ever Wonder How To Spend $1 Billion On A Wedding?

Ever wonder how to spend a $1 billion on a wedding? Hint: include Jennifer Lopez. Last weekend, a couple in Moscow took [the] notion of a lavish wedding ...

Our Culture's Three Views of Marriage

New York Times columnist David Brooks argues that there are three different lenses through which to think about marriage decisions—the psychological, ...

How Long It Takes for Romance Chemicals to Dissipate

When scientists studied the brain chemistry of the newly love struck they found that certain chemicals are elevated when love is new. Researchers at the ...

'Time Magazine' Asks 'Is Monogamy Over?'

Time magazine recently featured an article that asked, "Is monogamy over?" The article offered various opinions, including "monogamy is a charade" that ...

Surprising Factors That Predict Divorce

Two researchers at Emory University studied 3,000 married couples in the U.S. to determine the factors that predicted divorce. They discovered some surprising ...

Italian Phrase that Depicts Biblical Love

The Italians have a beautiful expression for love: ti voglio bene. Though commonly translated as "I love you," [the phrase] more literally means ...

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 ...

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 ...