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Tag Archives: romance
The “I Love You” Game
I have a friend who’s unhappy in his marriage and is thinking of leaving. This is the conversation I hope to have with him. “What should I do?” he asks, not really wanting to hear the answer. “Put it to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor
Tagged commitment, love, marriage, maturity, personal growth, relationships, romance, Valentine's Day
70 Comments
40 Years Ago Today
“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” ~Ruth Bell Graham Have you talked to your co-forgiver lately? 40 years ago today I met the woman I would marry.* Of course, I had no idea at the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes
Tagged communication, dating, forgiveness, love, marriage, relationships, romance
92 Comments
The Lost Girl
She was the callow Catholic school senior who cried the night her boyfriend French-kissed her, fearing she’d become pregnant. Five months later, now a bracingly pretty college freshman, she was wooed and plundered by her theatre professor. It was give … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir
Tagged break-up, death, God, love, new age, pantheism, romance, spirituality
46 Comments
Turning Human Again
Image by Ben Kane The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. After kidnapping Zack, Liulah the cloud shepherd decided to restore … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, The Wishing Map
Tagged fantasy, first kiss, love, magical, Narnia, romance, young adult
6 Comments
The “S” Word
My Real Memoir Sex. Along with acting and writing—and, if I’m honest, anything else that got me noticed—sex was beginning to claim a larger and larger chunk of terrain in my brain. At first it had been a distant island, … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged coming-of-age, funny, love, My Real Memoir, puberty, romance, sex, teenage
24 Comments
A Tale of Love
Once upon a time there was bold young princess, and a dashing young prince. They met, and the rest is, well…the story of our daughter Beth and new son-in-law Sergio. This is a pretty Facebook-y photoblog, but many of you … Continue reading
Something Wonderfully Wrong
On a blustery January day 39 years ago, I met a girl who loved God and Shakespeare (in that order). She was smart. Creative. And as pretty as English china. Outwardly decorous, inwardly stubborn—Jane Austen meets the Rebel Alliance. I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged dating, God, January, love, marriage, relationships, romance, Shakespeare
110 Comments
Our Masterpiece
Photo by Ashwini Chaudhary I love the fact that the sky is always changing, never exactly the same, sometimes subtly different, sometimes breathtakingly so. Last night the moon was a shimmering crescent cradled by a perfectly-formed diamond of zelkova branches. … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers
Tagged anniversary, challenges, God, life, love, marriage, relationships, romance, unique
72 Comments
Love in the Post-COVID Era
A year ago, I wrote about Love in the Time of Coronavirus. This may seem like a bookend to that post, but it’s more like a midpoint reality check. At first, we weren’t that frightened. But as infections and deaths … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged compassion, coronavirus, COVID 19, dating, kissing diseases, love, romance, Shakespeare
8 Comments
The Day My Decadent Life Sprang a Leak
Photo credit: Le Bon Georges, Paris When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I’d fallen … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Fool's Odyssey, love, lust, Paris, purpose, romance, young man
16 Comments