Thomas Umstattd Jr.

New Site: PracticalCourtship.com

I have started a new website Practical Courtship! The goal of the website is to help make courtship work. So in a way it is a critique of courtship but it is also a guide. So far, it has received a fair bit of traffic and a ton of great comments. I encourage you to come by and check it out. Leave a comment and join the conversation. Also, let me know if you are interested in writing an article for...

What is Courtship?

So, what is courtship anyway? How is it different from dating? Grace and I get this question a lot. Here is our official answer. Courtship: If Jesus ain’t happy ain’t nobody happy. Courtship has a purpose and happens to be a lot fun. As opposed to being fun and happening to have a purpose. Courtship is about identifying martial compatibility. Courtship about honesty and intentionality...

Christian Courtship – The Need for Lower Standards

I am unaware of any generation at any time in the last 6000 years that has done as poor a job at marriage as the baby boomer generation. They have the most staggering divorce rate in the world. So why do we listen to their advice when it comes to our relationships? The typical baby boomer advice to young people is to set high standards for a future spouse. No standard is too high for our parents and...