“Falling in Love for All the Right Reasons” is a book by Dr. Neil Clark Warren, founder of eHarmony. The book describes all of the dimensions which eHarmony has come up with which make for good, long-lasting relationships. I personally think this book is an excellent reference which I’d recommend to almost anyone who is
Tag: marriage
Book Review: 5 Paths to the Love of Your Life
The book “5 Paths to the Love of Your Life”, while accurately titled, is also potentially misleading. This isn’t a “how to” guide on finding a romantic partner. Rather it covers a range of philosophies on moving from singleness to marriage for Christians—what is descriptively called by one author, “premarital relationships”. I think the premise
Traditional Marriage Traditional?
A while ago I thought about how we don’t get to choose our families. We’re born into a family and we’re basically stuck with them (in most cases). But there is one family relationship which is different: marriage. Marriage is the creation of a new family. (Note: I’m not specifically thinking of children here as
The Idolatry of Marriage
My cousin Jonathan has created another excellent blog post. He does a good job of talking about something which is so normal in our culture that 98% of us are oblivious to it. What I’m speaking about is how we’ve over-emphasized marriage and “romance”, expecting them to be the ultimate, saving experience in our lives.
Problems With Spouse As Best Friend?
It seems that most people maintain that their spouse is and should be their best friend. I like the sound of this. I really do. It’s so… well, romantic. It sounds good and I don’t think it’s wrong. But… I’ve also developed some question for which I don’t yet have answers. Where does this concept
Rethinking Friendships and “Romance”: Marriage
This seems to be in part continuing from the previous post regarding exclusivity. Presently, I’m exploring the questions: What is marriage? What makes marriage marriage and not something else? Or another way of putting it, What is exclusive to marriage? I explore these questions with some trepidation. I am not married, nor have I been
A Response to the Argument for Early Marriage
Yesterday I happened to run across the cover article for this month’s Christianity Today magazine. The title caught my attention a bit, so I decided to read it. The article supports a view point which I’ve ran across before. There seems to be two opposing camps on this issue, while most “average” people probably fall
Choosing a Mate
(Note: my writing here has to do with my wrestling with what the reality of matter seems to be, not what I might think is an ideal.) A while back I was wondering how people choose who they want to marry. This may seem obvious, and of course there are the people who say, “You’ll