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 ...

My last column, "Wives, obey your husbands?" was intentionally provocative... and it worked!Over the years, as I attended different parishes during college and beyond, I noticed something odd: Depending on ...