It’s Friday night. I’m at a retreat center up in the mountains in Southern California with a bunch of single Christians. All ages are present, but it’s mostly the “older crowd.” All colors, all backgrounds, came together. We ate dinner and did ice breakers and worshiped and received an awesome, reality-based teaching from our first…
As a single Christian, I want to finish well in my Christian walk. I was thinking about how long I had been a follower of Christ as I passed my spiritual birthday last week, which was August 23. I received Christ in high school at summer camp. It’s been a long time. However, I do…
May the Lord bless your path, your arrival, and your leaving. May He give you the wisdom you need to guide your plans. May your eyes be focused on the great marriages around you that have lasted so that you may have great examples, awesome inspiration, and fabulous mentors to guide you into your next…
I talk to single Christians all the time, both men and women, who have regrets. Deep regrets. Terrible memories of something they did or something they allowed. I hear it all the time. Often it is heartbreaking, what one person can put themselves through in a few years, a few months, a few minutes, that…
I’m sitting in a quiet motel in a remote region, trying to do some research and get some extra writing done. I keep getting interference with my wi-fi connections, both through my phone’s hotspot and with my laptop’s connection to the motel wi-fi. It worked well for one hour this afternoon as I was working…
A few weeks ago, a guest speaker at our church spoke about the difference between being “just a Christian” and being a follower of Christ. The way he explained the historical significance of the term “Christian” was very insightful. You could feel the spiritual atmosphere of the room change as people absorbed what he was…
Faithful. Loyal. Trustworthy. What thoughts do these words bring to mind? Did any of you think, “Yep. That’s me, alright!” When I asked the Lord what I should be writing for this week’s blog, that word “faithful” came up. I did not associate myself with that word immediately. I know my heart, and it’s not…
I don’t know about you, but I’m a work in progress. Part of that progress is working out bad habits and working in good ones. Is that difficult only for me, or is it sometimes hard for you too? Oh, good, I’m not the only one! Well, let’s sit down together and have a heart-to-heart…
For those of you Christian singles who are from the United States of America, Belarus, Burundi, Canada, Rwanda, and Somalia, Happy Independence Day this first weekend of July! I know that many other countries celebrate a similar national holiday; in Mexico, it is September 16, and in Australia, it is January 26. Norway celebrates its…
It was a beautiful, balmy, perfect summer evening last Saturday. You know, one of those iconic summer evenings where the sky started off a hot bright blue and it all melts down into a cool, gorgeous sunset. I’d had a wonderful evening dining at one of my all-time favorite restaurants with two great friends. I…
