Seeing God use that dark time in her marriage to bless others has brought Linda a deep sense of purpose and joy. "I see people in conflict, so depressed and confused. They're in a dark tunnel right now, but there's hope on the other side.

Last year I spent a fair bit of time thinking and writing about sex, mostly in the context of the Sexual Detox booklet I was writing at the time. As I did so, I found myself beginning to think of sex within marriage as an interesting kind of parallel with Lord's Supper. Now, before you accuse me of blasphemy, know that I am not equating the two; rather, I am simply drawing out some similarities between them. What I mean to say is, I think it can be helpful to understand sex as a kind of "marriage sacrament."

A lot of people say that they find God in the beauty and wonder of nature, and while I am very happy for them, I find it much more exhilarating to find God in the warm afterglow of a truly stupendous orgasm.

A newlywed Massachusetts couple spent their wedding night in separate jail cells after police said the bride tried to run over an old flame of the groom.

We were under a mountain of debt. And we had to choose whether we'd work together or blame each other.

You have to give David Lapp credit. The 22-year-old young man knew what he wanted, and he got her -- a wife. It wasn't easy. When David and his wife Amber told her father that they wanted to get married (at ages 22 and 21, respectively), he hit the ceiling. Thankfully, Amber's father changed his mind. The couple is now happily married, and David has told the whole world about it in an op-ed column for The Wall Street Journal. In the column, he deals head-on with objections to young marriage.

It's Valentine's Day, when even reasonable people wander around, engagement rings at the ready, blathering about how "love is the answer." Snap out of it! Love, in fact, may be the problem. Passion often blinds sweethearts to the fact that matrimony is, at bottom, a contract. Figuring out how that partnership can prosper is critical for a successful union. Yet financial differences rank among the greatest sources of marital misery, in part because talking about money before you tie the knot makes many couples uncomfortable.

In her second and more pragmatic memoir, "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage," Elizabeth (Eat, Pray, Love) Gilbert tackles the topic of marriage. What Gilbert discovers is that marriage means different things to different people and in different cultures: emotionally, socially, historically, and religiously. People also bring contrasting expectations to matrimony. Her idea of marital bliss, she discovers, might not be someone else's.

Let’s Strengthen Marriage is a national campaign to encourage many diverse groups to strengthen individual marriages, reduce the divorce rate, and build a stronger marriage culture, which in turn helps curtail poverty and benefits children.

Is divorcing while dying — or at least facing down death — just one of those inexplicable things famous people do, like releasing a signature scent or giving their children embarrassing names?