Katie writes … I don’t know what your circumstance is but I’m almost positive that if you’re single you’ve been on the receiving end of someone who is married taking pity on you in some way (I don’t believe that this is ever intentional). Most people argue that it is the world’s media & culture [...]
Posts Tagged ‘singleness’
How the gospel shapes my life as a single woman
Posted: May 19, 2011 in Jesus, lifeTags: singleness
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Grow Up and Get Married
Posted: April 12, 2011 in Jesus, lifeTags: marriage, singleness, Village Church
An excellent post from the Village Church on what’s wrong with preachers telling ‘singles’ to grow up and get married. But singleness is not synonymous with immaturity, and singleness is not inherently problematic. While many singles are immature, the correlation is not direct. Many married men and women are just as immature. By and large [...]
Counting down…
Posted: November 22, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: 2 ways to live, birthday, Bon Jovi, gospel, Jesus, judgement, singleness, Thessalonians, waiting
There’s a few things I’m counting down till at the moment. 25 days – till BON JOVI!!! can’t wait! Last time I saw them I was 15. This time it’s a 30th birthday present from my sisters. Me, 2 of my sisters, their husbands, my oldest nephew (he’s 12 – gonna LOVE it!), Jon, Richie, [...]
Making Singleness Better
Posted: September 13, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: 1 corinthians, Church, marriage, singleness
Yesterday one of our lectures at College directed us to this article from The Briefing. The author, Tim Adeney, is thinking about singleness and the church, focusing on 1 Corinthians 7. In his introduction he notes that the response of many married people to single Christian – “Singleness is better, so get on with your [...]
On being childless
Posted: September 8, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: children, families, marriage, singleness
At the moment I’m quite enjoying being single. That’s not to say I find it easy but I really do like the freedom it gives to do pretty much whatever I want whenever I want. I like that I can drop everything and go if I need to. I like making decisions on the spot [...]
How can I long to be married without obsessing about it?
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: Ask Pastor John, John Piper, marriage, Psalm 37, singleness
From Ask Pastor John on desiringgod.org How can I long to be married without obsessing about it? I suppose the dynamics of that question and its answer relate not just to marriage, but to almost any strong desire that you have, especially a desire relating to people. So my mind broadens out from the marriage [...]
Tonight I sat at dinner chatting to 2 of my dear Christian sisters, watching each of them fight back tears talking about the lovely, non-Christian men pursuing relationships with them. As they were talking about the things they find the hardest about the situation, I realised there are 2 things that make the loneliness they’re [...]
I just started reading Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and this poem by Ann Kiemel Anderson is included in the foreword. Timely, and more than a little hard to dwell on right now. Jesus, if this is your will, then YES to being single. In my deepest heart I want to marry, to belong to [...]
Did I kiss marriage goodbye?
Posted: January 7, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: 1 corinthians, book review, Carolyn McCulley, proverbs 31, singleness
I’ve just finished reading Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye? Trusting God with a Hope Deferred by Carolyn McCulley. I think this is a book that every Christian single woman should read. And if you are married and have friends who are single, you should read it too, particularly if your friends are struggling with their [...]
