Dear Stephen, I was reading through your blog posts and columns and I have a question about balancing karma. I know I certainly have not been an angel in this lifetime and there are plenty of things I’ve done and said to others that I deeply regret. The majority are people who I don’t know
Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker, authors of Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate and Think About Marrying, report in their new book, “One of the biggest unacknowledged facts about sex is the underlying economy to it all. When you look into it, it’s really amazing how it works. And it’s fairly elementary
Author and sexual purity expert Dannah Gresh is claiming science, in the form of a walnut-sized mass in the brain called the deep limbic system, makes friends with benefits is impossible. She says that you can easily become addicted to a friend with benefits, and you’ll experience withdrawal symptoms in the emotional center of the
You may have good intentions about changing for the better. You may want your friends, family, partner, kids, neighbors, boss, or others to change. But the truth is that mostly, people never change. Accepting others as they are is all you can do about it at times. “It’s easier to move a mountain than it
A new study reveals that women in powerful positions are just as likely as men to cheat. The study was based on an anonymous online survey and showed power trumps gender when it comes to infidelity. “There has been a lot of research in the past that indicates that gender is the strongest predictor of
Glenn T. Stanton, author of “Secure Daughters Confident Sons: How Parents Guide Their Children into Authentic Masculinity and Femininity,” (I’ve not read the book, but based only on that title, I can just imagine what he’d say about certain “lifestyle choices” :)) is certain that premarital sex leads to divorce. Stanton says, “New data emerging
A high school English teacher is making news due to some unhappy parents. Judy Buranich has been teaching at Pennsylvania Midd West High School for almost 25 years. She also happens to be a published author on the side, writing erotic romance novels under the pen name of Judy Mays. Wendy Apple, the mother of
A state in India has banned Pulitzer-Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld’s new book about Mahatma Gandhi after reviews said it hints that Gandhi had a homosexual relationship. The author responded, “The book does not say that Gandhi was bisexual or homosexual. It says that he was celibate and deeply attached to Kallenbach. This is not news.”
Pastor Rob Bell is causing plenty of debate in religious circles with his new book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. The publisher, HarperOne, describes the book: “In Love Wins, Bell addresses one of the most controversial issues of faith — the afterlife — arguing
Does “true love” really take time? University of Iowa sociologist Anthony Paik found that average relationship quality was higher for individuals who waited until things were serious to have sex compared to those who became sexually involved in “hookups,” “friends with benefits,” or casual dating relationships. But having sex early on wasn’t to blame for
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