Erin recently broke up with her boyfriend of two years. They were serious and considering marriage, but he didn't want children and Erin, 27, very ...

A family member of mine recently said, "Shellie, I've accepted that you are working in the sex industry." My thought? "It's about time."...

Millions of singles made a New Year's resolution to be more proactive about their love lives. Sound like you? If you want to find ...

Question on Sinful Priests. Coming Attractions for Sunday's Gospel Out of the Haze: reflects on Jesus' Baptism Church Search is in Mt Pleasant, Michigan

'Tis the season for Christmas parties, family gatherings ... and pesky (but well-meaning) friends and relatives asking you when you're going to get married. Yep. ...

So a few weeks ago I began a series on Natural Family Planning (NFP) to start an open and honest discussion about the what, ...

When Mary Alice Teti read Dr. Christine Whelan's recent article on natural family planning (NFP), she was excited to see such an important ...

I smiled ruefully on reading Cara O'Brien's article, "Do We Invite God?" Whether to "invite" God to the wedding is clearly a sincere question ...

As you gather round the family table to give thanks, you'll consume anywhere from 2000 to 7000 calories as you graze on turkey, stuffing and ...

The women sitting behind my mother were horrified. They had just heard the wedding vows of a radiant young couple, vows that included no mention ...

This past Sunday I gave a lecture on sex, dating and relationships at the Newman Center at the University of Iowa. As a professor here, ...

Let’s talk about Natural Family Planning. Wait… wait… did you just grab the mouse to click away to another screen? Give me a chance. When you ...

The Ramona Quimby Diary was my first journal. I was seven, and helpfully it was fill-in-the-blanks. For most of 1985, I recorded my deepest thoughts and darkest secrets in that red, spiral-bound book: I never ...

The sun pouring through the high window of my dorm at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was a baptism of sorts, drenching me in my twin bed in slits of light...

I remember receiving that first oversized calligraphied envelope. I was 22 and giddy with excitement as I opened the multiple envelopes, sifted through the ...

In my last column I shared a letter from Susan, a longtime reader of Pure Sex, Pure Love, who has been dating a ...

“Does God really care if we gained ten pounds over the holidays? Yes!” announces The Dieter’s Prayer Book. “If you’ve struggled with obesity all of your ...

Recently I received a request from Susan, a longtime reader of my Pure Sex, Pure Love column: How do you deal with a partner whose dealing with depression? Can you help—and ...

My husband, Peter, is a lawyer, and recently accepted a job with Legal Aid, a non-profit organization that provides legal services for the working poor. In states ...

This weekend, we celebrated our nation’s independence with fireworks and cook-outs. But according to a recent Busted Halo® survey, young adults are struggling for an even more personal ...