Singleness and The Death of Options By: Hope Johnson Broken Mirror I stared at the worst version of myself in the bathroom mirror, hating the hot tears streaming down my face and the rabid desperation in my eyes. Pounding my fist on the sink in both self-righteousness and self-loathing, I accused God and accused…
Category: Singleness
Getting Singleness Right
By: Kyle Thorp Married to Myself “I firmly believe that each of us must first of all love ourselves . . .You can have a fairytale even without the prince,” said Laure Mesi from Italy, regarding her self-marriage ceremony on September 27. Oddly enough, Mesi is not the first person to “marry herself.” Although…
Rethinking Singleness
By: Shane James O’Neill Misunderstanding If you’re single right now then you have the gift of singleness. Most of the time we think of ‘the gift of singleness’ as we would ‘the gift of marriage’. The thinking goes like: Marriage is for life so if we embrace singleness then that must be for life, as…
Singleness
By Glenn Mosher vanity and expectations Oh how well I remember such moments as a brand new Christian at age 20 in college. Probably because we didn’t know any better we guys would often gather and pray for our ‘future wives’, that special woman God was preparing to make our lives ‘perfect’…though we somehow…
How To Handle Your Sin
By: Shane James O’Neill Uncle Des My uncle died a few years ago. Uncle Des. He was the man. He was a Father in the Catholic Orders, studied at Oxford, had a cool English accent, traveled a lot, and was as gentle as gentle can be. Uncle Des loved living life with a slow…
The Life I Didn’t Expect — Kyle’s Story
By: Kyle Thorp How my story begins I grew up in the picture-perfect Christian household. My father was the Sunday School coordinator at our church. My mother homeschooled my two sisters and me. We had family devotions, went to Sunday School, Wednesday night services, youth group, and every other church function that happened. But…