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How Often Mothers Get a Date NightPrinter view
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Topics: Children, Commitment, Covenant, Dedication, Devotion, Fatherhood, Fathers, Father's Day, Focus, Husbands, Love, Love, romantic, Marriage, Marriage, Duty, Men, Motherhood, Mothers, Mother's Day, Parenthood, Parenting, Parents, Relationships, Romance, Sacrifice, Spouses, Vows, Wives, Women
Filters: Marriage & Sex, Men, Statistics, Women, Women, Youth & Children
References: Genesis 2:18-25, Proverbs 5:18, Proverbs 18:22, Proverbs 19:14, Proverbs 31, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Ephesians 5:22-33, Colossians 3:19, 1 Peter 3:7
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

How often married women, ages 25-50, with two or more children, say they have a date night with their spouse:

  • Once a week or more often: 4 percent
  • Once a month or more often: 21 percent
  • Once every 2-3 months: 21 percent
  • Once every 4-6 months: 18 percent
  • Once every 7 months or less often: 36 percent


"The Waltons": Unequally YokedPrinter view
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Topics: Agnosticism, Atheism, Belief, Children, Choices, Covenant, Decisions, Faith, Fatherhood, Fathers, Husbands, Love, romantic, Marriage, Marriage, Duty, Men, Motherhood, Mothers, Parental Duties, Parental Duty, Parenthood, Parenting, Parents, Relationships, Romance, Spouses, Wives, Women
Filters: Marriage & Sex, Men, Movies & TV, Women, Women
References: 1 Corinthians 7, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

The Waltons was a popular television series in the 1970s that told the story of a large family living in Virginia during the Depression era. An episode from the show's eighth season, entitled "The Lost Sheep," focuses on Erin Walton (Mary Beth McDonough), the fourth oldest of seven children. She has been dating a young army officer named Ashley (Jonathan Frakes) off and on for a few years. While on ...


"Fireproof": Being Christ-like to Our SpousesPrinter view
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Topics: Christlikeness, Commitment, Covenant, Cross, Dedication, Devotion, Divorce, Faithfulness, human, Husbands, Love, Love, romantic, Marriage, Marriage, Duty, Men, Perseverance, Perspective, Relationships, Romance, Sacrifice, Self-denial, Selfishness, Selflessness, Self-sacrifice, Servanthood, Spouses, Trials, Vows, Wives, Women
Filters: Marriage & Sex, Men, Movies & TV, Women
References: Genesis 2:24, Malachi 2:13-16, Matthew 10:38-39, Matthew 19:3-9, Mark 10:2-12, Luke 16:18, Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 6:9-20, Ephesians 5:21-33, Hebrews 13:4
Tone: Commend

Fireproof is the story of Caleb and Kathryn Holt, a couple that is considering divorce after seven years of marriage. In one last attempt to salvage their marriage, Caleb's father asks Caleb to try a 40-day experiment he calls The Love Dare. Caleb agrees. In this scene Caleb (Kirk Cameron), a firefighter, has reached the half-way mark of the experiment. He calls his father (Harris Malcom) to talk ...


"Wall•E": Our Need for RelationshipsPrinter view
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Topics: Brotherly love, Church, Church life, Community, Fellowship, Friendship, Husbands, Loneliness, Love, Love, romantic, Marriage, Men, Relationships, Singleness, Spouses, Togetherness, Unity, Wives, Women
Filters: Movies & TV
References: Genesis 2:18-25, John 13:34-35, Hebrews 10:25, 1 John 1:3-4
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

The movie Wall•E is about a lonely robot who for 700 years has been cleaning up the trash left behind by humans on an abandoned planet. Wall•E stands for "Waste Allocation Load Lifter–Earth class." While we are never told so, it is likely that Wall•E is the last operating robot on the planet.

In this scene Wall•E arrives at his "home"—an old storage building on the outskirts ...


"Fireproof": Commitment to Marriage Printer view
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Topics: Commitment, Contentment, Covenant, Dedication, Devotion, Divorce, Faithfulness, human, Gender differences, Husbands, Love, romantic, Marriage, Marriage, Duty, Men, Perspective, Relationships, Romance, Sacrifice, Selfishness, Selflessness, Self-sacrifice, Spouses, Trials, Vows, Wives, Women
Filters: Marriage & Sex, Men, Movies & TV, Women
References: Genesis 2:24, Malachi 2:13-16, Matthew 19:3-9, Mark 10:2-12, Luke 16:18, Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 6:9-20, Ephesians 5:21-33, Hebrews 13:4
Tone: Commend

Fireproof is the story of Caleb and Kathryn Holt, a couple that is considering divorce after seven years of marriage. In one last attempt to salvage their marriage, Caleb's father asks Caleb to try a 40-day experiment he calls The Love Dare. Caleb agrees. In this scene Caleb (Kirk Cameron), a firefighter, is sitting at a kitchen table in the firehouse with the his co-worker, Michael (Ken Bevel). Caleb ...


"Fireproof": The Power of Marriage Counseling Printer view
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Topics: Commitment, Contentment, Dedication, Devotion, Divorce, Faithfulness, human, Gender differences, Husbands, Love, romantic, Marriage, Marriage, Duty, Men, Perspective, Relationships, Romance, Sacrifice, Selfishness, Selflessness, Self-sacrifice, Spouses, Trials, Vows, Wives, Women
Filters: Marriage & Sex, Men, Movies & TV, Women
References: Genesis 2:24, Malachi 2:13-16, Matthew 19:3-9, Mark 10:2-12, Luke 16:18, Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 6:9-20, Ephesians 5:21-33, Hebrews 13:4
Tone: Commend

Fireproof is the story of Caleb and Kathryn Holt, a couple that is considering divorce after seven years of marriage. In one last attempt to salvage their marriage, Caleb's father asks Caleb to try a 40-day experiment he calls "The Love Dare." Caleb agrees. In this scene Caleb (Kirk Cameron), a firefighter, is working out at the gym with one of his co-workers, Michael (Ken Bevel). The night before, ...


Most Adults Still Have Feelings for Their "Ex"Printer view
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Topics: Adultery, Choices, Cohabitation, Commitment, Decisions, Dedication, Divorce, Faithfulness, Infidelity, Intimacy, Lust, Marriage, Memories, Men, Mind, Passion, romantic, Regret, Relationships, Romance, Sex, Thoughts, Wife, Women
Filters: Marriage & Sex, Men, Statistics, Women
References: Malachi 2:15-16, John 21, Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 6:13-18, Galatians 6:7-8, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8, Hebrews 13:4, 2 Peter 2:19, Revelation 2:1-7
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

Based on a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults:

  • Forty-eight percent of men still have feelings for an ex-girlfriend or ex-wife.
  • Thirty-seven percent of women still have feelings for an ex-boyfriend or ex-husband.
  • Overall, two in five adults feel they let the "right one" get away.


"September": A Physicist's DespairPrinter view
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Topics: Belief, Beliefs, Doubt, Faith, Faith and feelings, False beliefs, Postmodernism, Religion, Religion, non-Christian, Religions, Science, Seeking God, Skepticism, Spirituality, Worldview
Filters: Movies & TV
References: Matthew 16:18-19, John 14:6, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Galatians 1:11-12, Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 3:20-21, Ephesians 4:11-16, 1 Timothy 3:15
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

Woody Allen's September is about an emotionally fragile woman, Lane (Mia Farrow), who returns to her country home in Vermont to recuperate from a nervous breakdown. An ill-fated summer romance with a man named Peter—and a visit from her over-bearing mother, Diane—throws her into further emotional turmoil. In this scene Peter (Sam Waterston) and a friend of Diane's, Lloyd (Jack Warden), ...


"Seinfeld": Marriage Is a Man-Made PrisonPrinter view
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Topics: Commitment, Contentment, Culture, Dating, Dedication, Devotion, Divorce, Entertainment, Faithfulness, human, Fidelity, Freedom, Gender differences, Husbands, Independence, Individualism, Love, romantic, Marriage, Marriage, Duty, Men, Perspective, Relationships, Romance, Secularism, Self-Indulgence, Selfishness, Spouses, Television, Trials, Unfaithfulness, Vows, Wives, Women
Filters: Marriage & Sex, Movies & TV
References: Genesis 2:24, Malachi 2:13-16, Matthew 19:3-9, Mark 10:2-12, Luke 16:18, Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 6:9-20, Ephesians 5:21-33, Hebrews 13:4
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

In a Seinfeld episode entitled "The Engagement," Jerry and his friend, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), have decided it's time to "grow up" and treat the women they date with a little more respect (George has just broken up with a woman because she beat him in chess). The conversation leaves such an indelible mark on George that he immediately looks up an old girlfriend, goes to her apartment, and ...


Embracing UncertaintyPrinter view
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Topics: Choices, Christian life, Decisions, Dependence on God, Direction, Discernment, Faith, Future, God's Will, Guidance, Human limitations, Mystery, Perspective, Questions, Trust, Uncertainty
Filters: Christian Culture, Editor's Choice, Humor, Stories
References: Exodus 13:21, Exodus 15:13, Psalm 23:1-3, Psalm 48:14, Psalm 139:10, Proverbs 3:5-6, Proverbs 4:11, Matthew 28:20
Tone: Commend

In his book In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson talks about the joy that comes through unexpected things—a lesson he learned while on vacation with his family in Orlando, Florida:

One morning we were sitting at a stoplight in our rental van. The light turned green, and the car in front of us didn't go, so I decided to give them a little "love tap" on the horn. But when I hit ...

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