No-Pendulum Zone
"God’s ideal is not for every person to be married. Consider Hosea, whom God told to wed a prostitute, Gomer—whom he knew would later...
The Hot New Millennial Housing Trend Is a Repeat of the Middle Ages
"It wasn’t always like this. Living arrangements have been changing for thousands of years, and the concept of the nuclear family...
The Church and Singles: Some Advice from DTS Grads
"Believe that everyone belongs. The church, not the home, is the true family of God. “Jesus lived as a single person in a culture in...
BROTHER-MAKING IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND BYZANTIUM: MONKS, LAYMEN, AND CHRISTIAN RITUAL reviewed by Kevi
"When abbot Nikon blesses these two, “bending the knee and putting Symeon at his right hand and John on his left,” his prayer recognizes...
CONJUGAL FRIENDSHIP
"One of the more useful insights of postmodernism, so self-evident that it hardly needs to be said, is that reframing one’s fundamental...
The Covenant of Singleness: The Bible and Church History
" This is not a forced celibacy, but a deliberate one. When Jesus responded to the Pharisees’ question about the legitimacy of divorce,...
They Were Single Too: A Sampling of 8 Bible Characters
"Single adults in the Bible demonstrate that the single life is both a viable option and one that affords people the opportunity to live...
What does singleness teach the church?
"Marriage, and families, can be sources of grace, but they are not the primary source of grace. The primary source of grace is the...
DEAR CHRISTIANS: PRACTICAL WAYS TO BE AN ALLY IN 2017 AMERICA
"Alright, peoples. The board is set; the pieces are moving. If you’re a person of good will, and I know most of you are, you need to get...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF KISSING ACROSS CULTURES
"Snogging, smooching, necking—whatever you call it, everyone’s doing it. Or are they? The answer might surprise you. Kissing isn’t...
