So, today is the day. It is the day we address the topic no one really wants to […]
marriage
MALE & FEMALE: Embracing Your Role in God’s Design. By Jonathan & Christa Petzold. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing […]
In my earlier days as a pastor in the beautiful hills of south eastern Ohio, a colleague mentioned […]
“Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true/But you and I know what this world can do/So […]
I am a fan of fathers and husbands who fight for their families, especially when I am not […]
*Sigh* I guess we have to talk about Bill and Melinda Gates, though I’m tempted just to reprint […]
There is something about the breakdown of marriage that provides irresistible fodder for filmmakers. In 2019 Netflix produced […]
There was a time when the darkness and loneliness of divorce seemed to me tragically romantic. Probably, I was reading too much Andre Dubus and John Updike at the same time. Raymond Carver probably did not help either. There was a resigned dark humor to the characters, an alcoholic loneliness, and (for Dubus’ characters) a tangible and inescapable divine presence.
By Cindy Koch – There are a thousand different answers to this dilemma, most derived from experience. Too […]
By Joel A. Hess – A couple of years ago, Pope Francis announced that it would be easier […]