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author archive
Dr. Christine B. Whelan :
112 article(s)
Dr. Christine B. Whelan, is an Iowa-based social historian. Her book "Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women" is available in stores or on the Halo Store.
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March 30th, 2006
Impure Thoughts: What are they and where do they come from?
The Bible tells us "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 26:7) and the Buddha is quoted as saying "What we think, we become." Our ...
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March 6th, 2006
Give up yourself this Lent and strengthen your relationships at the same time
At age 16, I told my father I was giving up going to church for Lent. At 19, I told him I was giving up my virginity for Lent. In the ...
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February 18th, 2006
How Can Churches Help Young Catholics Find Their Match?
So you're single and looking for love. What's on your list? Does she have to be beautiful, smart and funny? Does he have to be caring, tall and handsome? What about the bigger things: Does ...
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January 23rd, 2006
The M-Bomb
Conventional wisdom has it that a woman, ever-obsessed with getting married, starts pairing her first name with his last name before the end of date #1—and will ...
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January 9th, 2006
Turn Your Cablight On: Advice for Catholic Dating from a Jewish New York City Dating Expert
Certain religions seem to be more interested in helping young adults date within their faith. Every synagogue seems to have a matchmaker. For those in the Mormon faith, every big city ...
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November 15th, 2005
Advice on love and marriage from those who've been there and done it
As a relationship columnist, people often ask me for advice, and, most of the time, I've got a lot to say. I've got plenty of opinions on topics ranging ...
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November 3rd, 2005
This Thing Called Love
The Beatles sang "All you need is love," but didn't give us a whole lot more to work with. Movies, novels and television shows all offer their own interpretation ...
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October 17th, 2005
WARNING: Quizzes in Women's Magazines May Be Harmful to Your Relationship
Do you enjoy having houseplants, but your boyfriend thinks they should be kept outside? Does she prefer subtitles at foreign films, but you prefer dubbed voice? And do you ...
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October 7th, 2005
Americans have never lacked for advice. From 17th-century Puritan treatises on avoiding the wrath of God to 21st-century paperbacks on breaking the cycle of codependency, pushy prose has ...
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October 4th, 2005
Growing and Changing in Faith – Together?
In our last BustedHalo poll, we asked how you would handle it if your spouse became significantly more—or less—religious. That question seems to have hit a nerve—and I'm not ...
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