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Joe was an atheist. I found this out two days after we set up our date, when a lecture on evolution prompted the religion discussion we hadn’t had yet…

QUESTION I have been seriously dating a wonderful young man for over a year and a half. We have discussed marriage and are dating with that goal in mind. I recently lived with his parents for three months and had a really difficult time: Despite many g …

  The other day an acquaintance of mine divulged to me that he feels Christianity is just a crutch — that it’s for those people who can’t face the world without something to prop them up. He wasn’t trying to be rude; he honestly did not have any i …

QUESTION I am a woman in my late-20s who is hoping to be married someday. I love and follow God to the best of my ability. I grew up in a Christian home; however, during high school and college I backslid: partying, drinking and having sex. After colle …

  “Teach me the happy art of attending to things temporal with mind intent on things eternal.” The Valley of Vision Although I was born in Indiana among the cornfields of the Midwest, I now live with my husband on the tiny island of Guam among the …

  QUESTION I met a guy online, and we have been getting to know each other better for the last two months. I visited him where he lives two weeks ago, and things went really well between us. It seems we both like each other, and we are a good matc …

  “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” William G.T. Shedd Brave. This is not a word I would typically use to describe myself; however, it keeps resurfacing in my life. As in, I just looked at my phone screen and forgot th …

QUESTION My name’s Tim, and I’m 19. I’m one of those people who never dated through high school, and it’s never really bothered me before. However, recently (past few months or so) I’ve become increasingly conscious of being single. While I acknowledge …