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What Men and Women Really Need

There are a couple of questions that come up often around here. The first is from guys: “What exactly is a woman looking for in a guy? And do ‘nice guys’ always finish last when it comes to getting a date?” The second: “As a woman, will being strong an …

The Lure of Celebrity Sin

If you have Explorer, you probably signed on a few hours ago and were greeted by this headline on MSN.com: “The Seven Deadly Sins of Life.” And for a split second maybe you wondered: Is this a religious message? Are they talking about my life? But then …

Is Your City Stressed Out?

Does your stomach hurt? Are you jittery? Short of breath? Losing sleep? If so, you must live in Detroit. Detroit was recently named the “most stressful place to live and work” in a survey of 50 metropolitan areas within the United States. Unemployment, …

The Surreal World of Virtual Girlfriends

Apparently we Boundless bloggers have Japan on the mind. Yesterday, Suzanne told us about Japanese divorce ceremonies. Today, I bring to your attention to a new trend in that country, a trend that seems, at least to us Westerners, equally bizarre. I’m …

Celebrating … Divorce?

An entrepreneur in Japan has devised a new way of untying the knot: divorce ceremonies. One in four marriages in Japan end in divorce, and for $606 (U.S. currency), a couple may employ Hiroki Terai’s services to ceremoniously call it quits. According t …

Moving Ahead

About a month ago, Focus on the Family announced a realignment prompted by a number of things, including a desire to refocus our efforts on what Focus does best — share the gospel, help folks build strong marriages and families, speak for those who ca …

The Next Chapter

After 13 exciting and life-shaping years at Focus on the Family, Candice and I are leaving to start a new chapter. We’ve been richly blessed to be able to launch and grow the Boundless ministry over the last dozen years. It still seems like just yester …

Old Flames and Facebook

On the CT Her.meneutics blog, Jenell Williams Paris asks if one should avoid friending “old flames” on Facebook, particularly if one is married. She answers the question with a dose of “better safe than sorry,” with which I agree. But something that st …

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