Love is More than Desire or Devotion

In various publications and recently in Pluriform Love, I define love. My definition says love acts intentionally, in relational response to God and others, to promote overall well-being. Perhaps the most common alternative to my definition says love is desire. We find theologians and philosophers from the past and present defining love as desire. In […]

The Well-Being of Love

We use “love” in our everyday speech to mean many things. I think love is best understood and defined in terms of promoting well-being.