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A study published in the journal PLOS One reports that married people have better physical health at older ages than unmarried people. One of the biggest differences is married people tend to walk fasten ad have a stronger grip. The researchers studied English adults over age 50, and a group of American…

Police in Miami Beach, Florida say a man they identified as Kenneth came into the station to ask for their help with his proposal. The department agreed and they arranged for the couple to be pulled over as they drove down a city street. When the officer pulled the couple over, he asked them to get out…

An 82-year-old man found his missing wedding ring, with a carrot growing through it in his garden, just like his wife said he would. He lost the ring as he and his wife were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. His wife assured him that he didn’t need to worry, that they would likely find it while…

Wendy Birmingham, lead author of a new study out of Utah on marriage, said the study said they found a quarter of the couples in the research were genuinely happy, but the rest fell into the ambivalent category. Couples in what the researchers termed “ambivalent marriages,” those that not bad enough…

Michael Gerson, an opinion writer for the Washington Post wrote an expose of state sponsored gambling, mainly lotteries.. Instead of reigning in spending and or raising taxes, the hard choices, the government is in the business of treating its own citizens as marks and dupes. “The lottery is a particularly…

As Jason and Jessica Roth were preparing to celebrate their tenth anniversary, an old photo revealed that they had known each other a lot longer than they thought. Instead of meeting at students at Florida State University, they actually met for the first time in preschool. It turns out that when Jason…

MARRIAGE Dominick and Anne Cosentino were married in 1928. She was 16. He was 18. In 2008 the Cosentinos, now 98 and 96 celebrated 80 years of marriage. At the celebration “Anne wore a white wedding veil, and when Dominick kissed her, he laid his hand on her heart.” In a day when marriage seems more…

MARRIAGE A bold German, Mika convinced his sweetheart Anna-Bell that a wedding in a warm place such as Africa was a good idea. On New Year’s Eve, they packed their swim gear and headed for the Hamburg airport for their African trip. German police thought something amiss however, and they were right.…

MARRIAGE Studies are showing that being a good, supportive spouse is good for your health. “Men over 65 whose wives consider them a source of emotional strength usually live longer than less needed hubbies.” —Reader’s Digest, October 2002, p. 48 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Galatians 5:13 NIV “You,…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…