A group interview exploring the thoughts and ideas that fill the rooms of a big old house in Grand Rapids along with five adults and an infant.
An analysis of pop culture artifacts to expose myths about true love.
On discovering that perfectly imperfect someone.
How the marriage of simplicity and stashing survives under the same roof.
Thoughts and misconceptions about eating alone.
On discovering true family and truer hope in a new place.
Recounting a journey toward acceptance and intentionality.
An overview and analysis of statistics related to single people.
Reflections at the intersection of various cultural expectations about marriage and singleness.
A reflection on what's good about online social networking.
A review of John Hamburg's new bromantic comedy, I Love You, Man.
On witnessing a legacy of friendship, sorrow and laughter.
True human connection is just a Profile away.
On shaping household culture through a Family Charter of Human Rights.
On family rituals as occasions to pass down heirloom memories of joy and sorrow.
An interview with Nicole Carlin about her family's work in Haiti.
Thoughts on the question of (not) registering for gifts.
A cautionary tale from a renegade registering spree.
On planning the ceremony after 50, with kids, in the midst of the stuff of life.
An interview with Joy'l Ver Heul, organizer of a locally grown wedding show.
Sorting out the essentials and non-essentials of the ceremony.
Some cautions toward focusing on what it's really all about.
On doing things differently, without failing to speak the language of tradition.
How mundane details met audacious hope, in the round, on December 31, 2000.
Pondering gift registry in the final stages of planning a wedding.
Snapshots from a second marriage ceremony, including what's outside the frame.
A reflection on the role of the married people in the pews.
On the (merciful) complexities of choosing moral positions within the context of human relationships.
A daughter's perspective on her young widowed mother's re-entry into the dating scene.
The necessity of improvising on the path toward a second wedding.