Singles Archives

There is no getting around the fact that when we love someone else, we take their needs as seriously as we take our own.

Frankly, I did not care to serve my Lord as a single... My nose was poking over the fence into the "young married people's camp," wistfully gazing...

In this series, I'm offering you ten healing steps that I believe each person must complete before committing to a new person and a new marriage....

Friendship is a long conversation. Indeed, the ability to generate good talk by the hour is the most promising indication, during the uncertain...

Learning from a failed relationship can be extremely difficult. The combination of loneliness, anger, and guilt make it hard to distill the lessons...

By attaching ourselves to another person, many needy singles believe, we become instantly whole. Complete. All our needs are met. Case closed. The...

Most clinical assessments of grief judge death of a spouse, death of a child, and divorce as the three most traumatic events a human being can...

Every one of us grew up in a home where ways of relating were modeled. We absorbed ways of expressing affection and anger, of talking and...

I say all the time, on every radio program or television program I'm on, one bad marriage can turn into two bad marriages so fast it will make your...

For most of us, choosing our spouse is the most significant decision we will make. The person you choose to wake up next to each morning has the...

If you've been married before then you may be asking yourself, "What do I need to resolve before I marry again?"

In this final installment I want to explain how you can take steps to make this disagreement you have with your family and friends enhance your...

These little words are like nutrients. Without a consistent dose of verbal expression, without saying and hearing those words, the soul of a...

I'm not holding out family members as master matchmakers, but I see that the best marriages are the ones that involve two people who have taken...

I never thought I had any "hurts." I pretty much sailed through my school years and even college without many jolts. Relative to others, I’ve never...