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When Nothing Works

In my final post of my February romance and relationships series, I would like to address a question several of you have been asking: “What if I’m doing everything right — taking all of this relationship advice — and I’m still coming up empty in the ro …

Comparison Destroys Contentment

I live in a three-bedroom apartment with four of my best girl friends. We have lived together for three years and have learned how to communicate and get along in a rare and beautiful way. Especially for a girl who grew up with two brothers, I never th …

Killing Prince Charming

For several years one of my guy friends has been telling me that the reason more Christian singles are not getting together is the “Prince Charming Syndrome.” Most women, he says, are waiting for their prince to come, and frankly, the average Christian …

The Greatest Love

As I thought about how to kick off my series on all things romance and relationships, I considered many of the well-worn topics, such as how to meet people of the opposite sex or identify a potential spouse. I considered talking about how to pursue or …

365 Days

  Jan. 8, 2010, I sat in a sparsely decorated living room in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It was approaching 8 a.m., and I was waiting for my new furniture to arrive. I opened my laptop to write a few e-mails, some of them to people who may be reading th …

Celebrating Adultery

It’s a tawdry tale of two adulterers, each with children (he with three, she with two), who left their spouses to marry each other. But it’s not being treated as a tawdry tale. It’s in The New York Times, in the feel-good “Weddings/Celebrations” sectio …

Should We Say ‘Merry Christmas’?

‘Tis the season for, among other things, the annual division between those who say “Merry Christmas” and those who say “Happy Holidays.” You’ll never catch me saying the latter, for reasons I trust don’t need explaining on a Christian site. But I must …

Gift Giving vs. Gift Gluttony

What do you want for Christmas? Or should I ask what you need? Do you really NEED anything? This evening I heard a radio DJ ask a woman what she did NOT want for Christmas. The woman ranted and raved about how she did not want baking utensils, cookbook …

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