Month: May 2013

It’s been said before that ‘Christian’ is a good noun but a poor adjective. What constitutes as Christian Music? Does Christian Coffee exist? What about Christian Travel?

Like it or not ‘Christian Dating’ exists and its culture is alive and well in the UK. But along with some of the above categories, I’m not sure if its existence is justified.

Today’s Christian Dating culture is made up of a mixture of ideas about relationships. Plenty are good and important such …

Are you there yet? Completed the non-negotiable, God-breathed decree of all that must be achieved before you are Ready For Marriage™?

Contents vary by individual but these spiritually-infallible checklists often include… Reaching a particular age, and a certain point in your education or career, probably earning a certain amount; undertaking travel / obscure mission trips while still responsibility-free; being ready to ‘settle down’ and become a parent at a designated future point (or NOW depending on biological clock); drawing …

First up, a confession: I was once a junior chess champion. I even got a medal for it. So there’s nothing wrong with joining a chess club to find a date.

Miriam Skinner’s recent article for Threads is amusing and clever and filled with plenty of wisdom. But I think I disagree with its core message – that we talk about relationships too much. I don’t think we do, I think we easily slip into stale formulaic conversations that you …

Online dating can be a great way of meeting new people, especially if your lifestyle limits opportunities. I remember how excited I was the first time I joined an online dating site. With all the pool of available men, I thought that perhaps it would be only a short time before I was in the early stage of a new romance!

However, as this was all new to me, I did not know how to recognise the ones that were …

The Church Times reports on the largest online survey of single Christians in the UK, conducted by Christian Connection.

More than one third of respondents who were not married or in a relationship said that they did not feel treated in the same way as those who were part of a couple.

Read the full article here…