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Holidays as a Single

No Greater Joy Than This (Father’s Day)
Holidays as a Single

No Greater Joy Than This (Father’s Day)

“I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth,” [1] was penned by the Apostle John who, far as we know, wasn’t married and had no biological children. He was writing this particular letter…

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Better Than Sons And Daughters (Father’s Day & Mother’s Day)
Holidays as a Single

Better Than Sons And Daughters (Father’s Day & Mother’s Day)

  I’ll never forget the tears that came to the eyes of a 90-year-old single woman as she mentioned the absence of grandchildren in her life. She had never married but had spent years on the mission field and as a mentor to…

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Happy Valentine’s Day! You Are Loved!
Holidays as a Single

Happy Valentine’s Day! You Are Loved!

On this day that celebrates love and that can sometimes feel like a judgment to those without a romantic partner, I want to remind you that you are loved without measure by the One who created you and died for…

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What is God’s Theme for your New Year?
Holidays as a Single

What is God’s Theme for your New Year?

During these days before another year begins, I imagine most of us are dong a bit of reflecting as well as a bit of looking ahead. Looking back has some value if we are looking at God’s faithfulness to give…

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Opening Our Hearts To Joy
Holidays as a Single

Opening Our Hearts To Joy

I don’t know what your specific circumstances are, and whether this feels like a joyous time of year to you or not. I do know that many, many different circumstances can threaten to steal our joy – not just during…

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A Single’s Guide to Thriving at Christmas
Holidays as a Single

A Single’s Guide to Thriving at Christmas

I started to write this blog post thinking it would be a guide to surviving Christmas as singles. So many of us – not just singles – think of the holidays from the perspective of just getting through them. I…

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How Jesus Defeated the Grinch
Holidays as a Single

How Jesus Defeated the Grinch

The signs that Christmas is coming soon are all around us now. Christmas music follows us everywhere we go, decorations line the streets and cover homes and lawns, people are scurrying around in stores agonizing over what gifts to buy,…

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What Are Your Top Three?
Holidays as a Single

What Are Your Top Three?

It’s that time of year again in the United States when many gather around Thanksgiving Day dinner tables laden with food and surrounded by relatives and friends. But many also don’t. You know who you are. Your parents may be…

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Holidays as a Single

Celebrating Love

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, that day in February when love is celebrated. I have to admit that some years Valentine’s Day has seemed more like a day of mourning than a day of celebration as I remembered a romantic…

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Holidays as a Single

East at Easter: Living in the Power of the Cross

By Ross Clark In 1994, Good Friday fell on April 1st, All Fools’ Day. Have you thought as to how much this co-incidence has to say? We are not used to thinking of Easter in terms of folly. We think of…

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Reviving an Empty Heart at Christmas (and Throughout the New Year)

I hope I never forget the Christmas I sat in a beautiful candlelight service, feeling quite alone and depressed by all the displays of romantic love in the couples around me. Somehow I just couldn’t grasp the joy of the…

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Holidays as a Single

Five Steps to Enjoying Christmas

No matter whether you look forward to Christmas or dread it, the holiday season is upon us once again. For those who anticipate this time of year, it’s wonderful. But for those who dread the holidays the coming days and…

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    • Coming to Terms with Singleness
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    • Sexuality as a Single
    • Singles in Community
  • Books for Singles
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