A young bride to be was very nervous on the day before her wedding, so she went to speak with her minister. "I'm afraid I might not make it through the ceremony properly," she confessed.

The minister assured her that everything would be fine: "When you enter the church tomorrow and the processional begins, you will be walking down the same aisle you've walked many times before. Concentrate on that ...

Deborah Hale wants to sell her home—and she's willing to cut a deal that includes herself as part of the transaction. At 48, the Albuquerque native says she has a hard time meeting single men her age. The jewelry business owner decided to advertise her home, in the Washington Park section of Denver, as an added incentive for prospective husbands. Since that time, she has had as many as 15,000 ...

In the midst of marital disagreement, it is not uncommon for a spouse to wonder if there isn't somebody with whom they would be more compatible. Suleyman Guresci, of Izmir, Turkey, divorced his wife of 21 years after a bitter six-year court battle. In an effort to find the ideal woman, Guresci turned to a computer dating service—the kind that evaluates your written profile and suggests matches for ...

Joni Eareckson Tada, who was paralyzed in a diving accident as a teenager, draws parallels between her wedding day, and Christ's love for his church.

I felt awkward as my girlfriends strained to shift my paralyzed body into a cumbersome wedding gown. No amount of corseting and binding my body gave me a perfect shape. The dress just didn't fit well. Then, as I was wheeling into the church, I glanced ...

Tedd Kidd was five years older than Janet, finished college before her, and started to work in a city hundreds of miles from her. They always seemed to be at different places in their lives. But they had been dating for seven years.

Every Valentine's Day, Tedd proposed to her. Every Valentine's Day, Janet would say, "No, not yet."

Finally, when they were both living in Dallas, Texas, Tedd reached the ...

I met my wife-to-be, Sandy, during missionary training. For two years we kept the long-distance relationship alive on different sides of the world.

Toward the end of our terms, I popped the question, and Sandy accepted.

I wrote her father, whom I had never met: "I would like permission to marry your daughter and for your blessing on the marriage."

His response still tickles Sandy and me: "You have my ...

Two ministers were discussing the advisability of writing down the names of brides and grooms to aid their memory at the ceremony. One man said, "I once called the groom by the wrong name."

The other man said, "I once started a ceremony and realized I couldn't remember whether the groom was John or James. I whispered to the groom, 'Is your name James or John?' 'James,' he replied. Then the bride nudged ...