I cannot believe this year is coming to an end. In 2011, I married the love of my life, started working in a publishing house, and started this blog. I am grateful to each of my faithful readers and am continually overwhelmed by the kind words of encouragement from you. Would you leave a comment [...]

Christmas is upon us. On Monday, I drew your attention to the innkeeper in the story of Jesus. In the midst of busyness and responsibility, he lost a prominent role in the story of Jesus. Today, I want to highlight the common denominator between the players in the Christmas story. The Savior of the World—one who would rise [...]

“And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.” The Christmas story begins. “All the world”—everyone needed to travel to their perspective hometowns and register—the first time the Roman world had undergone a census. So men and women, old and young, [...]

“So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s going to be really hard; we’re gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me… everyday.” The Notebook. Michael and I have enjoyed all the feedback we’ve received from Real [...]

Real Men Don’t Text was read by over 2,000 people. Thank you to everyone who read Michael’s post last week, shared it with friends, & commented. We were both blown away by the response. I’ve been observing, thinking, & praying how to follow up. A common thread I see is the incredible frustration among single women with [...]

Real Men Don’t Text is now a book! After more than a million people read this post, we turned it into a full book of dating advice. Available from all major retailers. Click here to watch the book trailer, read a sample, or purchase your copy. http://www.realmendonttext.com/ Welcome! Today we are hearing from both an expert on manliness [...]

On Saturday night, Michael (being the amazing husband he is) ran out to pick up dinner. Mexican—exactly what I was craving. Burritos in tow, he walked out of Moe’s and noticed a man leaning over a woman’s car talking to her. He sensed something amiss and walked over. “Hey…Is there a problem?” “Yea man. My [...]

Yesterday, one of my co-workers said she was doing ‘damage control’ as she voraciously poured over the dating book known as The Rules. She’s one of the MANY beautiful single twenty-something women I work with. And know. Why does it feel like everywhere we go there are incredible, accomplished, & attractive single women–with no available [...]

Thanksgiving has never been my favorite holiday, but this year I fell in love with an aspect I’d never before appreciated about the holiday: family time simply centered around slowing down from the busyness of life to be together. I clearly married into the right family, because at 7:30 on Thanksgiving morning we were all [...]

Money and sex–the top reasons couples get divorced. Michael and I returned from our honeymoon at the peak of marital bliss; only to look closely at the fact that our wedding drained both of our savings accounts and we probably couldn’t have chosen a worse time financially to get married. I was admittedly a little [...]