Last week, I shared lessons I learned from Hannah for us Christian singles from 1 Samuel 1 through 2:11. I went over these first two ideas last week: 1. There’s always a background that others won’t understand, but God knows. 2. Go to God with your pain first, not people. Read the entire thing here: https://glendablogz.com/2018/07/24/from-nope-to-hope-part-1-of-2/…
From Nope to Hope, Part 1 of 2
I was reading 1 Samuel 1 through 2:21 this afternoon, about Hannah and her desire to have a son. The biggest thing that jumped out at me was the fact that the Lord had closed up Hannah’s womb (1 Sam. 1:5). When she married the love of her life, Elkanah, she thought she was going…
Christian Singles and the New “Christian Atheism”
I recently learned a new term that’s actually been around for a few decades: Christian Atheism. I thought, “How could that be? How could one profess to be a Christian, literally a Christ-follower, and at the same time be an atheist, one who doesn’t believe in the existence of God?” I was genuinely puzzled. Who…
When You’re Craving That Summer Hookup: Seven Tips for Overcoming
What a gorgeous day. What a fabulous restaurant to go on a date to. What a romantic sunset. What a beautiful moonlit night. What an awesome vacation that would be. And no one to share it with. These thoughts and others may cause us single believers to wonder afresh where our soul mate is. If…
They Don’t Know What to Do With Us
As the population of the United States becomes increasingly and visibly single, it’s become conspicuous that the majority of US churches—at least 80%—don’t have singles ministries for people over the age of 35. Most singles ministries today are for millennials. I personally checked out the websites of America’s 25 biggest churches to see who had…
Report on Our First Annual Christian Singles Beach Retreat: Success!
When I first moved to California, it took me a little while to figure out whether I liked the mountains or the beach better. The beach won, hands down. I love love love love the beach. However, in all the years I lived there, though I went many times to the beach, I never went…
(Temporarily) Checking Our Sexual Desires as Single Christians
I was doing some research in anticipation of adding a page to my blog site on a very hot topic for Christian singles: Our sexual desires. And what to do about those pesky things. I found tons of articles for Christian singles about our base but very human desires. I’ve noticed, like many of you…
Hope for the Professionally Single
I want to share my heart about renewed hope for love as a professional single. Not a professional who is single (though I am a professional). I mean someone who has been single so long that I consider myself to be professionally single, someone who unwittingly has gotten “good at” being single. Recently, I’ve had…
Guest Blog Post: Where Are You Walking?
Life can be challenging at times. No matter how much faith we have, there will be problems, but we must not allow that to discourage us. If we continue to look at our problems, we can become consumed by them. Today and every day, Satan will send challenges and distractions to knock us off course.…
Christian Single Stages of Development
In many years of singles ministry, I have run into believers at different stages of their Christian walks. Their ages would vary, but across each stage, they would have similar questions and challenges. I thought I would share about them today so we could each see where we are at. Also, so you can recognize…