Solitude and the Sound of a Falling Tree
I found myself, a married man of two weeks, living alone on fifteen acres of waterfront property on Maryland’s Eastern…
Marriage
What It Means to Be One Body in Marriage: The Ordering of Desires
Being one in marriage is hard, but, “There is healing, much healing, in being vulnerable and accepted by another…” Heather…
Can I Be Creative and Married?
A look into how you can be happily married and still be creative. That morning I had read John Kenney’s depressing…
Learning from Little People
Everyone should keep a three-year-old around. Liz HorstLiz Horst studied music and English literature at Grove City College and now…
The Truth of the Tied Knot
Perhaps we need to remember from time to time that it’s perfectly normal, and expected, to be wrestling most of…
An Ordinary Marriage
Maybe it’s what the world needs. Rachael DymskiRachael is an MFA Student and Writer in Pittsburgh. She blogs at Steeped…
Does Monogamy Matter in Today’s Society?
Let’s explore. Gracy OlmsteadFeatured columnist Gracy Olmstead is a senior writer for The American Conservative, a senior contributor for The…
Why You Shouldn’t Focus on the Family
A look at family dynamics reveals something very wrong with how even “conservatives” are doing things. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves…
Love in the Trenches
Sex, Marriage, and Simcha Fisher’s Book Miriel Thomas ReneauMiriel Thomas Reneau is a member of the Humane Pursuits editorial board….
Now That We’re All Haters…
Young people don’t want to play for a losing team whose objective is a national stranglehold on people’s happiness. So…
Happy Birthday, Pride and Prejudice!
While leading man Mr. Darcy certainly is “the thinking woman’s heart-throb,” he’s more than a romance icon. Jessica ProlJessica Prol is…
The Making of a Civil Right
Connor Ewing: Saying something is a civil right is to offer a description, not to provide a justification. Connor EwingA…
Ending the Blame Game
Yet another article on the decline of marriage misses the point: if you want people to do something, try reminding…
A Story of Sports and Losing Battles
You are the director of a large youth basketball league. Thousands of kids of all ages learn the game on…
Book Review (and Profligate Excerpting): Gaudy Night
In case you didn’t know already, Dorothy Sayers was brilliant. A theologian and Christian humanist in the era of the…
Immortality or Lengthened Mortality? Phil Vassar and the Man’s Man
From Achilles to Obama, men have yearned to achieve immortality through great deeds that would outlive them. The former sought…