You’d think it would be easy, but even married dating varies in quality. My husband, Chris, had just finished graduate school in Norman, Oklahoma. We started grad school with two kids and ended twenty-two months later with four kids (very productive period for the family). During that time we were so broke almost never had […]

A coalition of eight atheist organizations have purchased a month-long ad campaign that will feature posters in subway stations throughout Manhattan. The posters ask: “A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?” The stated purpose of the campaign is “to raise awareness about people who don’t believe in God.” (See THIS article, for […]

You may know this story, but I think it’s always worth reviewing. A woman returning home from overseas had an extended layover in an airport in Europe. To help pass the time, she bought a carton of milk, a package of cookies, and a newspaper. With her arms full made her way to a waiting […]

On many occasions, with single students and clients, I’ve heard what kind of person is being sought as a future husband or wife. Descriptions include, “She needs to have a strong testimony,” or “He needs to really love the Lord.” Faithful individuals desire faithful partners with whom they can progress to the celestial kingdom, so […]

Over the last couple of decades, I have heard more and more parents express frustration that their children treat them with disrespect. “I would never have spoken to my parents the way my children speak to me,” they complain. Frustrated parents have gone to their own parents and asked what they did to command basic […]

Years ago, I met with a husband and wife who had been married for about ten years and who had four children. They were ready to file for divorce, but their bishop had made them promise to meet with a counselor a few times before doing so. Not exactly a promising beginning. Nevertheless, I asked […]

David Letterman, on one of his recent shows, confessed to his audience that someone was trying to blackmail him because he had sex with women on his staff. The audience laughed throughout the revelation and then gave him a round of applause when he concluded. As a society, we are now amused by and apparently […]

Moral or ethical relativism refers to the belief that what is right and wrong is not based in any absolute truth, but instead varies according to culture, situation, individual preference, and so on. Shakespeare’s Hamlet said it this way, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. . . . “ […]