Well, that is a backward question, in my experience at least. I think the great majority of people naturally assume that they have a vocation to marriage. Usually not much discernment is necessary since God created men and women for various reasons on a natural level, primary of which, after giving glory to God, is to "grow and multiply" by procreating through marriage. I think if we look at th...

At 40, she's never been married, and she's more pleased with her life than ever.

"I have so much freedom," the Hazel Park resident says. "I don't have to consider anyone's feelings by asking what I should do, where I should or should not go, or how should I spend my money. All decisions are ultimately mine, and there are a lot of advantages to that."

More adults than ever are t...

Screen beauty Sienna Miller is abandoning Britain for America after becoming the target of relentless media attention since her alleged affair with Daniel Craig.

The Alfie actress has been painted as a hypocrite in the British press, after it was reported earlier this month she struck up a romance with her Layer Cake co-star while she was still dating Jude Law.

Only days after the n...

Tower Bridge is a popular attraction for tourists to the UK. But there are other places to visit. Photo: www.bigfoto.com

This is the land that brought you some of the great children's novelists, who created a host of timeless characters, from Winnie-the-Pooh and Thomas the Tank Engine to Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and the residents of C S Lewis's Narnia series.

Born of Norwegi...

True, I am a forest, and a night of dark trees, but he who is not afraid of my darkness will find banks full of roses under my cypresses. Part-time heavy-metal Guardian sub-editor (male, pale, drinks light ale).

"August 14th. Saw Alan Bennett riding his bike. Briefly made eye-contact. Wondered if I'd get a mention in the Alan Bennett 2002 diary." Peripheral bloke (47). Always the bridesm...

TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson has split from her husband after two years of marriage, it was announced today.

The former TV-am weathergirl and husband Lance Gerrard-Wright said in a statement: "We tried our best to make our marriage work, but we are now resigned to the fact that we should part."

The News of the World columnist, who has an 18-month old daughter Martha with Gerrard-Wrig...

State Sen. and Hockaday student of Plano's Girl Scout Troop 156 are among the honorees at the inaugural Real Girls, Real Women luncheon to be hosted by the Girl Scouts of Tejas Council on Nov. 8 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion.

Photos by SANDRA FAY/Special ContributorMarlene and Richard Marks attend the Cattle Baron's Ball at the Travis Ranch in Forney. The ball, which featured s...

At Sunday school, the teacher's plan was to explore the children's notion of God.

Six-year-old Timmy furrowed his brow as he thought about the question.

"God," he said, "is the man who saved our gracious Queen."

So our bull-riding Environment Minister Guy Boutilier was happily driving the government-issue teeny-tiny Smart car from Edmonton through Calgary en route to Banff.<...

The bile accumulating on the right toward the White House has reached China Syndrome proportions and is starting to melt through the floor.

Suddenly conservatives are starting to question whether George W. Bush is even a conservative at all. But this is a misdiagnosis caused by confusion and disappointment.

Let's start with confusion. Contrary to most stereotypes, conservatism is a...

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Juliette Hughes examines the boundaries between religion and science.

I think I have fairly heard and fairly weighed the evidence on both sides, ...