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My Resounding "Yes" to God and Embracing My Sexuality: Singleness and the Song of Songs
By: Elizabeth Gentry | January 31, 2018
“A sermon on Song of Solomon! But single people aren’t supposed to read that book!”
3 Reasons Singleness Should Be Praised
April 5, 2016
Marriage has become an idol in the evangelical church in the US. What Paul saw as an inconvenience, the church today sees as a necessity. Complementarian theology implies that women can only follow God by following their husbands. But over half of the American population can't relate to this. That's because a little over 50% of [...]
Single Life
By: Jerri Dyer | March 29, 2016
Marriage isn't my ultimate goal in life, nor is it my highest way of honoring God. I am not less of a person because I am single, because I am smart, or because I am a leader.
Defeating Dragons: Martha As A Role Model for Single Women
By: Lori Buckle | September 16, 2015
We all knew that after you "graduated" from the high school youth group's "college and career" Sunday school class, you were supposed to jump right into adult classes, where everybody was married. The message was painfully clear: once you left school, you had a few years to establish yourself, and then you settled down and [...]
Remembrance: Part 2
By: Damaris Miranda | December 3, 2014
From the time of Esther and Deborah to Mary Magdalene to our current day, God has called women to establish his kingdom. Women have paid the price--often with significant personal sacrifice to carry the mantle of leadership that God has placed upon their shoulders.
Remembrance: Part 1
By: Damaris Miranda | November 26, 2014
Being a single woman in ministry introduces additional challenges.
Luke 10 and 14: New Testament Insights on Marriage, Singleness, and the Family (of God), Part 4
By: David C. Cramer | October 1, 2014
This is part 4 of a four part look at New Testament passages on the topic of marriage, singleness, and family. In the final post in this series, we take a look at Jesus' own insights on these matters in Luke 10 and 14.
Worth It? A Single's Story
By: Hannah Rasmussen | September 29, 2014
When I view my singleness as a situation, I can "give thanks in all circumstances." But when it becomes an identity, shame creeps in. I think of my worth in terms of supply and demand. Meditate with me on how God's love changes everything.
Ecclesial Care of Single Mothers
By: Shaun Short | September 27, 2014
Single parents constitute a fair portion of the global population at this point, an overwhelming majority of whom are women. How much support do we in our Christian communities actually offer to single mothers in need? How many churches have a ‘single mothers ministry’? Are we doing enough to make single mothers feel welcome in [...]
Galatians 3 and Acts 2: New Testament Insights on Marriage, Singleness, and the Family (of God), Part 3
By: David C. Cramer | September 24, 2014
This is part 3 of a four part look at New Testament passages on the topic of marriage, singleness, and family. In this post, we dive deeper into our understanding of family in the body of Christ by going through Galatians 3 and Acts 2.