“It’s disgraceful to allow pure hatred to come to an area like” Birmingham “with a high Muslim population,” Muslim Member of Parliament Khalid Mahmood had said of the incident in his hometown in December. The “culprits should be dealt with severely and be charged with incitement,” he demanded. A Middlesbrough Football Club spokesperson also condemned the incident involving the club’s Koran-desecrating fans as violating a desire to “eradicate racism in all its forms.”

This will come as a shock to the woman who thought that if she moved in with her boyfriend, he would see what a wonderful wife she’d make and ask her to marry him.

That’s one of the myths my wife and I identified in our book, Living Together: Myths, Risks & Answers. The man knows she would marry him if asked. By cohabiting he enjoys convenient sex, shared rent and companionship – without commitment.

Midlife crisis is that moment you realize your children and your clothes are about the same age.

The good news about midlife is that the glass is still half-full. The bad news is that it won't be long before your teeth are floating in it.
Don't think of them as hot flashes. Think of it as your inner child playing with matches.

Sure, the jokes are funny in a late-night TV monologue kind of way, but for Christians, midlife needs to be more than merely a punchline.

“While purporting to protect the religious freedom of chaplains, this bill would have undermined the religious freedom of service members,” said Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, executive director of the ACLU of Virginia.
The Family Foundation noted that the bill passed the Senate 37-0 and cleared the House of Delegates on a vote of 69-29, saying “it’s hard to understand why the governor would feel the need to veto such a common-sense, uncontroversial” measure.