Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

There are three kinds of yeses. There's commitment, confirmation, and counterfeit. People are most used to giving the counterfeit yes because they've been trapped by the confirmation yes so many times. So the way you master no is understanding what really happens when somebody says 'no.' When yes is commitment, no is protection.

Countless mistakes in marriage, parenting, ministry, and other relationships are failures to balance grace and truth. Sometimes we neglect both. Often we choose one over the other.

For millions of Americans who happen to be black or brown, that core bond of trust with the government that governs closest to you, is too often broken.

Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.