Written by Eve Gaal In my college days of yore, we’re talking the seventies and eighties, couples wrote letters to each other instead of tweeting. We chatted at social events and hugs were actual embraces instead of words followed by happy faces. Waxing nostalgic, I remember the romantic cards, poems and notes that I saved […]
Hard-Core Porn: The Cancer of Marriage
September 5, 2012 4 Comments
Written by Mike McManus Hard-core pornography is a contributing factor in more than half of all divorces. It is also addicting our youth, distorting their values, and rendering many young men sexually dysfunctional. Believe it or not, “Current federal obscenity laws not only prohibit distribution of hardcore pornography on the Internet, but also on hotel/motel […]
The More Than Good Enough Marriage
August 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
Written by Cathy Meyer Low-conflict marriages account for the lion’s share of divorces every year. And these divorces involve marriages that experts believe can be saved. “One minute, you love the stability and contentment. The next minute, you think it’s not the right marriage, and there are flaws in the marriage that are serious, even […]
The Value of Two
August 2, 2012 1 Comment
Written by Janice Shaw Crouse The man I married so very long ago is a wonderful husband and father. Our kids love their dad, respect him and often rely on his good judgment for advice and counsel, even now that they are long since adults and have children of their own. He plays a very […]
Values: Easy To Have, Hard To Live By
July 18, 2012 4 Comments
Written by David Schel and Jennifer Graham J. Robertson McQuilkin was president of Columbia International University, a Bible college in South Carolina, when his wife Muriel was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Determined to keep his wife at home, where she was safe and loved, McQuilkin made the decision to care for her by himself, and […]
Why Get (and Stay) Married?
June 26, 2012 2 Comments
Written by Krsnanandini Devi Dasi and Tariq Saleem Ziyad In a few weeks, one of our daughters will be getting married. “Why?” one of her friends asked seriously. “You are an intelligent, independent woman with a lot going for you. Do you need to be married?” This question jarred my daughter’s sensibilities and she and […]
Living Together: Myths, Risks & Answers
June 11, 2012 Leave a Comment
Written by Mike McManus To the Presidential candidates, America’s biggest problem is the economy. However, I believe the disintegration of marriage is the nation’s central domestic problem, costing billions of taxpayer dollars for poverty, depression, crime and suicide. This crisis has three elements: 1. The marriage rate has plunged 53 percent since 1970. Of those […]
The Mouths of Babes
May 22, 2012 8 Comments
Written by Beverly Willett We have a tradition at the Episcopalian parish I attend. Every Sunday after mass, parishioners and visitors gather in the parish hall to greet one another and snack on refreshments provided by the Hospitality Guild. A few minutes into the get-together Father Cullen, our priest, rings a bell on the wall […]
Minimizing Your Life, Maximizing Your Marriage
May 7, 2012 4 Comments
When it comes down to it, we need just as much relationship counseling for our relationship with our work lives as we do with our spouses. And the latter may be the truly dysfunctional one. Written By Naomi Grunditz America has the highest divorce rate in the world. We also have one of the most […]
Are Affairs Okay?
April 26, 2012 13 Comments
Written by Michele Weiner-Davis Are affairs okay? Yes, at least according to one of the media darlings in the therapy profession, Esther Perel, psychotherapist and author of Mating in Captivity. To Perel, infidelity can spice up a relationship. She is convinced that Americans are too parochial about their views of infidelity and she wants us to […]
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