Today, more than ever, marriages are threatened by extra-marital affairs. Such heartache is as old as history itself. The Bible is filled with accounts of those (including God’s own servants) who were lured into adultery. Indeed, King Solomon (whose father had the most famous affair of them all) wrote many of his Proverbs with the…
This is the second installment in Hannah’s philosophy on love. (See part one.) Fate. My Chinese sister, Wei, told me the story of Yue lao (月老), the Chinese matchmaking god. Legend has it that he connects two people together by tying a long red cord to their wrists. They may pass through life and never…
I feel awkward writing about love. Maybe I’m too juvenile. Maybe. Probably because writing about love is sappy and when you’re single I think sappy spells “desperate.” Since I’m not desperate (believe me if you want to!) this makes for an obvious tension. That, and people are too quick to take anything written on relationships…
Before I went off to college, finding a husband was always on my mind. I had shared that desire with a friend who was married and she suggested I start writing journal entries to him during the waiting process. It had helped her a lot. I was all over her advice because I loved to…
In my mid-20s, I attended several retreats and conferences hosted by Eric and Leslie Ludy, authors of the book When God Writes Your Love Story. At one of the events, Eric shared a story about his older sister, Krissy, that made quite an impression on me at the time (and still continues to do so…
