Adam Holz

It was a wedding. But it wasn’t my wedding. A year after graduating from college, a young woman whom I’d spent five years pining away for was walking down the aisle … with someone else. As for me, well, I didn’t have any prospects. At all. And my frien …

In the fall of 1988, I left for my freshman year of college at the University of Iowa. I remember driving out of town very, very fast. I couldn’t wait to leave my small town life behind. I couldn’t wait to embrace the next chapter that awaited me. At t …

Last Sunday night, I watched part of the Grammy Awards broadcast with my wife. It was a night full of poignant tributes to Whitney Houston, who tragically passed away the day before. For me, though, maybe the saddest moment of the evening came courtesy …

Sex is a privilege and a gift to be received within a specific context, not a right to be demanded.

Most mornings — OK, pretty much every morning — I start the day with coffee. (And let me say right up front that I realize that Matt Kaufman wrote a thought-provoking blog about Starbucks earlier this week, “To Boycott or Not to Boycott,” one that’s de …

Last year, my wife got me an iPod Shuffle for Christmas. Now, as far as the technology drool factor goes, the Shuffle is a pretty humble device. No screen. No apps. No GPS. No voice activation. No Angry Birds. Nothing but a gigabyte or two to store a c …

Jan. 3, today, is just about my least favorite day of the year. Christmas is done, but bills (for those of us who were perhaps a bit too generous) and excess holiday poundage remains. The tree must come down, and a long, cold winter stretches out for m …

Fewer Americans than ever are getting married these days, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. And that begs two important questions: Why? And how does this trend potentially influence faithful Christians who care deeply about marria …