The Moral Bachelor?
How did Jake Pavelka – the shy, polite, rock-ribbed 31 year old – end up on a show known mostly by its steamy hot tub scenes? In a way you’d never expect — his fellow Methodist church members nominated...
View ArticleLove, Marriage, Baby Carriage, Cancer
I didn’t get a chance to write about an issue I know has been burning in many of your minds: This season’s finale of The Bachelor was one of the worst finales in the show’s history of bad finales. The...
View ArticleReligion on The Bachelorette: Just Under the Surface
On Survivor, Amazing Race, and Celebrity Apprentice, Christian contestants come – and leave – with their faith. What is it about The Bachelor franchise that seems to strip people of any semblance of...
View ArticleWill “The Mormon Bachelor” Create More Marriages than ABC’s?
Does religion play a role in the type of person you date? If you’re an evangelical Christian, would you date a Muslim? If you’re a Jew, would you date a Mormon? On ABC’s popular reality television...
View ArticleHow “The Bachelorette” is like Socialism
When discussing the show's premise with my thirteen-year-old, she said, "The Bachelorette is like socialism. If people weren't flawed, it just might work."
View ArticleJef Holm Quotes Book of Mormon on The Bachelorette, Refuses Overnight Date
So, he's not a Mormon. But he did quote the Book of Mormon on The Bachelorette tonight. Is that a first?
View ArticleThe Bachelorette: Where Proper Grammar Goes to Die
What has reality TV done to our language?
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