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The studies of ordinary workable marriages in middle-class society indicate that many different patterns of marital relations appear to function successfully. There is no one way for two people to relate in order to have a satisfactory marriage, but the following elements appear to be common to the various patterns.
First, the spouses in a workable [...]

Whatever happens between two human beings is the expression of a certain equilibrium established soon after they first meet, and subject only to periodic changes. These changes rarely alter the structure of the relationship; they are mainly modifications or shifting of methods. No incident affecting the relationship, however disturbing or pleasant, can be attributed to [...]

Let us now turn to the consideration of love. Is love, like fear, an emotion with a purpose? There are certainly many general prejudices against this idea. We have been taught from early childhood that love is what happens to an individual when he meets the “right” object of his devotion. The cloak of mystery [...]

So you fancy yourself the public speaker do you? Now is your chance to impress all of your friends, and their families, as to how well-endowed with the gift of gab you really are. No real need to be nervous here, these are only your peers, it’s not like they were strangers you would never [...]

Isn’t Two years ago we found out Bob had lymphoma. When I was first told, a thousand thoughts bounced around in my head. How would Bob handle this? How could I tell our daughters? Who could I turn to for advice? Which hospital? Which doctor? Not once did I allow myself to think too far [...]

The confusion on the marital front is only one aspect of the confusion characteristic of the cultural period called the postwar era. Society as a whole is confronted with political, economic, labor, religious, and racial conflicts and problems, to which we must find answers if we wish to survive. So far we feel unable to [...]

What love means to an individual depends therefore upon how he uses love in regard to his entire life situation. Love is a task which confronts every human being as a part of human society. There is a definite interrelationship between the task of love and the two other life tasks, namely, to work, and [...]

The pastoral counseling group constitutes a rather specialized branch of the ministry; it is increasing in size, but not yet large. Some of its members have a D.D. (Doctor of Divinity) degree, and some have taken additional courses in educational psychology, clinical psychology, or pastoral counseling. However, well-trained pastoral counselors are still rare.
The average non-pastoral [...]

Today, more than previously, we recognize the importance of recreation for a well-balanced life. Constructive use of spare time is as much a duty as finding an adequate job. Unless we organize our recreation successfully, we are neither capable of giving our best to our work, nor do we fulfill our obligations to friends and [...]

Closely related to taste is the significance of beauty.
Artists may look for a sectio aurea to decide objectively what is beautiful, but the average person still judges beauty quite subjectively. Beauty is what we like-whatever we enjoy seeing. Personal taste arbitrates beauty, particularly in regard to sex. Feminine beauty, masculine strength-for strength in a man [...]