QUESTION: “I’ve been engaged for almost 9 weeks! My fiancé and I are both 20 yrs old and applying to graduate schools. I’m just wondering how to balance marriage, work, and grad school? What obstacles should we expect?” —Arcena ANSWER: “Let’s face it— Grad school can be very demanding and take…” (play audio below to…
Inherent to its very design, sex is a mystery: beautiful, complex, and at times, confusing. The Scriptures regard it a mystery (Eph. 5, Prov. 30:19), and Christian circles speak about sex as a transcendence—unleashing metaphor for Christ’s unconditional love for the church. Even in pop culture, although the power and beauty of sex is often…
The other day I heard the song What’s Love got to do with it? by Tina Turner. As I listened to the familiar chorus, I couldn’t help but think about how obsessed our culture has become with the emotional feeling of being in love. In fact, there is so much emphasis placed on that feeling…
Want to spice up your romantic relationship? No need to spend money on long-stem roses or expensive dinners. Instead, spend time — not just with each other but with some really good friends. Recent research in the journal Personal Relationships shows that dating couples who hang out with couple-friends wind up feeling closer to each…
After one semester of college in downtown Chicago, I realized that I was a city girl at heart. From the beginning, the skyline drew me in to its bright lights and bustle. I loved getting lost in a street full of people, the host of cultural events right at my fingertips, and the fact that…
