Tag Archives: singleness

To Live Is Christ

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

Whether you are married or single or widowed or divorced; dating, not dating, wanting to date, not wanting to date—for now, forever. If you are wondering about your sexuality or your sex-appeal, your marriage, the strength of your love or your hope… And if you can empathize with the struggle of doubt and dashed or delayed dreams (because without empathy we are nothing but the annoying, repetitive clanging of construction in the city streets)… This poem tells your story. Continue reading →

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Real Sex

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

Lauren Winner, author of Girl Meets God and recently, Mudhouse Sabbath, put out a book in 2005 titled, Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. And that’s exactly what Winner designs to do: talk about sex in a realistic fashion, from a biblical worldview, that allows us to get past various myths, including the highly eroticized and romanticized beliefs on sex we frequently absorb from both the world and the church. [...] Continue reading →

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First Grade Sunday School

Posted on January 5, 2009 by

Here’s a funny story from my first week back on rotation with my favorite first graders: The kids got out of Sing Time a bit early, so we’re sitting around the table catching up. They seem just as happy to … Continue reading →

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Loves Me, Loves Me Not

Posted on August 26, 2008 by

A Theology of Romance I really appreciate and highly recommend Laura Smit’s book, Loves Me, Loves Me Not: The Ethics of Unrequited Love. It isn’t your typical book on singles and romance. Right away, the subtitle lets you know this book is … Continue reading →

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