Written by Amy Byrd

Editor's note: This is a continuation of Amy's initial thoughts on being a "modern day frontier woman." Make sure you check those out (click here) before you tackle this one.

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Written by Jake and Melissa Kircher

How do you find the right husband or wife? Is he or she “the one”? Finding a spouse seems so easy for some, but what about everyone else? When Mr. or Miss Right doesn’t seem to be on the horizon, many are left wondering ...

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Written by Amy Byrd

Attention: All women who are part of a misunderstood generation, listen up. Times have changed and a new generation exists. Today’s single-ready-to-mingle-career-oriented-self-sufficient-likes-to-email female embarks on a new frontier. Ready to explore uncharted territory our mothers know nothing of?

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Written by Jared Byas

Monogamy is so last decade. Or so you would think looking at the growing trend in American marriages to go outside of the marriage to find “fulfillment.” I have started thinking this is partly because our center for morality has moved from being an interior standard that is exercised by us to an external law that is imposed on us. What do I mean? Perhaps we have lost the ability to control ourselves because we have so many outside sources, like the government, society and even the church, doing it for us.

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Written by Kirsten Lamb

I could see his scruff, smell the stale urine and nearly taste the alcohol that seemed to waft from his pores. But it was the desperation that touched me. And then I heard him.

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Written by Melissa Kircher

When I got married, I expected that my husband would leave damp towels lying about. Many of the marriage resources I had consulted told me to prepare for this great pinnacle of frustration in married life.

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Written by Brandon Sneed

Dane Hobbs didn’t have a TV or a car or even a cell phone....or, for that matter, a house. He had a wallet for awhile, but one day that got stolen, and with it went his license, library card and Social Security card, so he didn’t have those any more either. He didn’t even have his name, either, not really. When people asked him what his name was after that, he just told them he didn’t have one. Someone had taken it, he said. They’d needed it more.

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Written by Richard Hillier

I recently asked my parents if they could offer one piece of advice, what they would say to me. My dad, sitting next to me in the passenger seat while we drove home from a family weekend at our cottage, said he needed a few moments to think. A brief time of silent pondering was concluded with these words: “Always think long term.” My mom continued the train of thought with her own words, “Always stay true to your self.”

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