Although I got a lot of things wrong when I was dating, I had one general policy I still do not regret: I felt it was best to keep my hands off the women I dated.
It’s not that I didn’t want to get physical with my dates. I just didn’t want to create all kinds of connections that would give false momentum to a relationship that might not be going anywhere. And frankly, most of my relationships only lasted …
Read MoreOnce upon a time, I freaked out about dating. I was that Christian single girl who jumped on the bandwagon of kissing dating goodbye- except of course for dating Jesus.
I repressed my desire for dating and relationships with the opposite sex, and decided that courtship was the “holier” course of action for my life. I bought into the lie that instead of actually DEALING with my fear of failure, or my fear of making mistakes, I could just sit …
Read More‘I’d never marry a non-Christian, but what about someone from a different denomination?’ mused a woman I met at a Bible week. ‘I go to a charismatic Christian fellowship, and I’ve starting dating an Anglo-Catholic man. He’s lovely and very Godly, but his church is so different from mine, it’s like another religion! I’m wondering if it can ever really work between us.’
I once made a throwaway comment in one of my Christian Connection blogs about people missing out …
Read MoreFor singles, there’s a lot of pressure these days to find a partner and fall in love — which equates to a lot of pressure to search for that person through dating.
Whether it comes from society’s standards, well-meaning friends, or our own desires, there are quite a few voices out there telling singles to do a lot of dating, because one of those dates could end up being that one special someone.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with dating …
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