If you do an internet search with the phrase “the art of,” you’ll come up with countless results. The top ones include: the art of war, the art of getting by, and the art of seduction. But what is the one result that doesn’t come up? Mind-reading. Despite what some books and movies may portray,…
The above unattributed quotation, like most popular sentiments, is easier to explain rhetorically than to live readily–it is easier to talk about the foundation than to build it. No matter how true the quotation may be, the best our post-Christian culture seems to be able to offer marriage is the same distorted rhetorical fruit that…
This was posted to Facebook a while back: The human brain is amazing. It functions 24/7 from when we are born and only stops when you take a test or talk to someone attractive. The second part of this quote certainly applied to the Biblical Samson. Before his birth an angel of the Lord appeared…
I’m guessing that approximately zero percent of the Christians exposed in the Ashley Madison scandal planned on having affairs on their wedding days. And yet, startlingly, thousands of husbands and wives have succumbed to affairs. That’s why seasoned premarital counselors Dana and Philip McReady* spend a significant amount of time talking with engaged couples about…
What is love? We ask the question during seminars but usually get blank stares. Not that people don’t know the answer, but they usually surmise (correctly) that we are up to something. Everyone has an idea of what love is; the more “enlightened” will launch into the Greek variations of love, but most people equate…
