Yet love can be learned, especially once we reach adolescence, gain capacities for forethought and conscious intention, and can learn to love ourselves. With a maturing brain that permits reflection ...

Editor’s note: The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2013. A popular song in the ’40s was called “Nature Boy,” and one of its most memorable lines was this: “The ...

Many of us have had the experience of coming to enjoy an activity as adults. For example, we weren't tennis players, bird lovers, plant parents, or photographers early in life, but came to enjoy one ...

A Love Worth Giving: Living in the Overflow of God’s Love Max Lucado Publishing, 230 pages, $22.99 How do we treat others with the love described in 1 Corinthians 13? By “living loved” ourselves, Max ...

We often base the success of our marriages on the feelings of our relationship, but we need to rely more on God’s sacrificial love to make marriage work. I’m going to speak about learning to love.