What it Really Means to Hold Space for Someone
"In the two years since then, I’ve often thought about Ann and the important role she played in our lives. She was much more than what...
‘Couldn’t We Just Be Friends?’
"Paradoxically, it is friendship that offers us the real route to the pleasures that Romanticism associates with love. That this sounds...
I Am Not Disgusting. I Am Not Alone. I Am Redeemed.
"Growing up in a home where singleness was portrayed as bad, I never understood that celibacy could actually be beautiful. The stories...
How Celibacy Can Fulfill Your Sexuality
"It means singleness, like marriage, has a unique way of testifying to the gospel of grace. Jesus said there will be no marriage in the...
Turning 40 While Single and Childless
I was 28 years old the first time someone called me “barren.” At a book club hosted by one of my friends, I met a 22-year-old graduate...
FAMILY CHAT: THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT SURVIVE
"We encourage each other to live with conviction, honesty, integrity, and vulnerability. We trust that the others in our circle of...