vol. 4, num. 15 :: 2005.07.29 — 2005.09.08
Summer schedules usually include at least one wedding or anniversary party, hence issue of musings on marriage.
Is the starry-eyed optimism of the engaged a mere illusion?
A service of marriage, performed on December 31, 2000.
On the unitive, procreative and recreational functions of sex.
Learning to live together in a house built on a foundation of public promises.
Divorce is never God's intention for marriage, but there is still grace.
A condensed journal of a relationship, from start to middle.
A review of Greg Hobbs' Threats & Promises.
A review of Sexual Character: Beyond Technique to Intimacy by Marva J. Dawn.
Understanding the nature of a healthy marriage relationship can lead us to a deeper understanding of what God wants from us in our relationship with Him.
We asked several people to give us their thoughts on being married or single as they are shaped by the media and their own experiences—this is what they said.
A married woman struggles with a strong attraction to another man.
An account of the UCC's discussion over affirming marriage between people of the same gender.
A review of a radical new book that debunks the concept of marriage as a time-honored institution, and argues that we need to loosen up about it.
On the pressures of orchestrating "the most important day of your life."
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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