Dr Paul Allen

Image via Wikipedia Princess Diana once said, “Only do what your heart tells you.” This is a creed believed by millions. It’s a statement of faith in one of the great pop cultural myths of the Western world .  It’s a gospel proclaimed in many of our stories, movies, and songs. It states that your heart is a compass inside of you that will point you to your own true north if you can just see it clearly. Your heart is a true guide that will lead you to happiness if you can just tune into it. We are lost, and our heart will save us. This sounds so simple and liberating. It’s tempting to believe. Until you consider that your heart has sociopathic tendencies. Think about it for a moment. What does your heart tell you? No need to answer. Your heart has likely said things today that you would not wish to repeat. As Jesus said, “out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander” ( Matthew 15:19 ). No one lies to y

Cover of Marriage Savers Today nearly a billion people around the world are focused on a wedding taking place in London’s Westminster Abbey : The marriage between Prince William , second in line to the British throne , and his bride, Kate Middleton . For months people have focused on wedding details: Who will design the wedding dress? What jewels will she wear? What food will be served at the wedding breakfast? But maybe we’re focusing on the wrong things. As my colleague Anne Morse noted this week in National Review Online , divorces among the royals have become so common that, shortly after the engagement was announced, British bookies began taking bets about when William and Kate’s divorce would take place. “Can this marriage be saved?” Morse asked. For the answer, she asked several marriage experts about William and Kate’s chances, based on such factors as their family background, age, faith commitment, life choices, and royal expectations. For instance, when William’s mother,