Stuck in the Winter Blahs? Try Elizabeth Von Arnim’s “The Enchanted April”
“… Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back […]
Excelsior! The Marriage Edition
I did not write much in 2025, but I finished out the year with a bang: Making fun of divorced people. Irresistible. […]
Gordon Neufeld’s “Hold On to Your Kids”: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
One of the most remarkable aspects of childrearing is how miserable it can make people. No one chooses to have children with […]
Diligence and Consistency: The Fertile Ground for Virtue
One of the great joys of belonging to multiple book clubs is revisiting books with a different group of people. After thoroughly […]
Marriage: A Relationship of Dynamism
We’ve gotten so muddled about marriage that people no longer seem to notice this unique, lifelong bond that underpins the success of […]
What is Marriage For?
Emily Stimpson Chapman’s podcast offered an explanation as to why people claim to like Harrison Scott Key’s “How to Stay Married.” When […]
Anne Tyler’s “Breathing Lessons” and the Mysteries in a Marriage that Sustain Us All
After the sad slog that was “How to Stay Married,” I would be remiss not to offer a book with a constructive […]
Must Marriage Be “Difficult”?
Do we create our own reality? Certainly not. There is abundant evidence that Things Are the Way They Are. We cannot wish […]
How to Improve Your Spouse: Some Principles
Having written on topics related to marriage, I sometimes receive criticism and sometimes requests for advice. Marriage advice is about as thorny […]
Living By Faith (Beyond the Theological Kind)
Years ago, I wrote about the need to take action in order to have hope. We think of hope, perhaps, firstly, as […]