Some may say, “It’s your choice to be single.” All I can say it, “You are right!” But it is not that simple. Behind their words I hear a suggestion that the relational garden is ripe for the picking and I need only stretch out my hand to eat. Thus …
There is a gift I would like to receive this Christmas that I am certain will be deferred—perhaps not forever—but for now. What WILL be there, as it has been for so many years, is “the gift of singleness.” I cannot say I will open this package with joy, but …
The Christian cannot live without hope any more than the Christian can live without faith or without love. This does not apply just to a single person looking for a relationship alone. The Christian life bleeds hope. Every facet of the Christian life involves a hope for what is not …