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Is there anything good about waiting?

If you haven’t already seen it, I have a new article over on Boundless today that begins: “Recently a local church e-mailed me with an invitation to speak about waiting on God for a husband. I...

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A Higher Standard

It’s bad when guys spend time with you in a way that makes you think they’re interested in more than a friendship. Bad because it misleads you and risks putting wear and tear on your heart. Bad...

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Two Questions, One Party and the Perfect Appetizer

Today’s Boundless Answers is for everyone who’s dated an adult convert with a bit of an, ahem, past. The questioner writes, …he’s only been saved and living for the Lord for the past several years. He...

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Wedding Fantasy, and Reality

I used to dream about what my wedding would be like; down to the yellow roses in my bouquet and dark grey morning coat of the groom’s tuxedo. I was 12. It was fun to think about what might be....

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A Weighty Issue

Last week’s Q&A on Boundless was a challenge to answer. The man writing the question had dated his wonderful, beautiful, godly girlfriend for a year. The only trouble is that he couldn’t get past...

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How Important is Chemistry in Dating?

“I’ve been dating this guy (pre-med, kind of nerdy, logical, strategic type of guy) for two years. He is smart, consistent, predictable, and incredibly faithful. He wants to honor me, provide for me,...

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Recent Roundup

Tuesday Candice joined radio host Debbie Chavez to talk about being single, hoping for marriage, living like you’re planning to marry, and more in an interview about Get Married. The interview was...

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A Military Path to Marriage

This week, Boundless editor Ted Slater had a creative idea. Rather than the typical Q&A with John Thomas (for the guys), he thought it would be creative to have John and I both weigh in on the...

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Loving your wife when you hate the “romantic industrial complex”

Men, as we enter the week of Valentine’s Day, is there a part of you that feels a little anxious as sellers of romantic gifts and services peddle their wares and set expectations for how men should go...

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Keeping Wedding Costs Down

When we got married, $10,000 seemed like a fortune to spend on a wedding. Now that amount would barely cover half the cost of the average American wedding. Is it possible to have a celebration fitting...

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What if Your Friends are a Bad Influence?

In my recent advice column at Boundless.org I answer the question “How can I end a friendship that pulls me away from Christ?” The author of the question writes, When I began graduate school a few...

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I Married an Unbeliever, Now What?

Last week advice columnist Starshine Roshell answered a question at TheWeek.com from a self-described Christian woman married to an atheist man. She wrote, I have been married for two years, and we...

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How can I break up with an unbelieving boyfriend without turning him off to...

Last week I received an email from a woman wondering about the best way to break up with her unbelieving boyfriend. She wrote, I have decided to break up with my non-Christian boyfriend. Should I tell...

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How to Find a Mentor, or Two

“We All Need a Few Good Mentors” read a headline in today’s opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal. It’s a sentiment I share, based on my own experience of having been poured into by older, wiser...

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