Month: October 2014

This year we became a Greenbelt Associate, working with them to put together a programme of events together for single festival goers.

TALK – Singleness: A Challenge for Church and Community
David Pullinger presented to a full house the results of the Christian Connection singleness survey and the challenges it posed for society and the church.

David described in detail how the single population is growing in society but how poorly represented and recognised single people are in Church life …

Have you ever suggested someone you know should meet another someone you know because they might get along? A casual drink and a chat. An hour of their lives. Ten minutes if it’s utterly awful and they can claim to have had a vision of the end times and leg it without looking back.

And have they ever responded as though you’ve attempted to force them into an arranged marriage, binding for eternity on earth and in heaven, simply by …

Every relationship is different but here are some questions I think are worth asking to help you decide whether your relationship is a healthy one…

1. Is he / she kind to me?
This might seem obvious, but if the person you’re with is not kind to you, and doesn’t do anything nice for you, but is rather mean, you might want to reconsider the relationship.

2. Do they respect me?
It is vital that whoever you are in a …

As a photographer for twelve years, I’ve had my fair share of taking thousands of photos from people in a multitude of settings. Looking through the lens, I see something unique about their personality and characteristics.

Just about the biggest mistakes people make with their dating profile photo is that they don’t show any personality characteristics about themselves. One of the first things I explain in the dating profile chapter of my book How to Look Good in Photos is …

Browsing the messages in my dating website inbox, I opened one from a new chap – and was taken aback by his opening line. ‘Dear HopefulGirl,’ he wrote. ‘Your profile leaves a lot to be desired.’

‘Crumbs,’ I thought, ‘that’s a bit harsh! Why email me just to tell me that?!’

But as I read on, I realised he’d misunderstood the phrase. He actually meant: ‘There’s a lot in your profile to be desired’! Once I’d stopped laughing, we had …