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Single, But Not Alone

A recent Religion News Service headline reports, “Single Adults Want Ministry, Not Sympathy”. According to RNS, singles are “part of a demographic -- men and women of childbearing age without children -- that nearly doubled in 24 years, from 10 percent of the population in 1976 to 19 percent in 2000.”* How can marrieds interact with... >Full Story

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My fiancee left me and now I'm broke

I have an extreme problem. My fiancee of 2 years just left me. No money, no food, and at the present time no job. I do intend to find a job, but what help is there temporarily? All the bills are due and past due, he never paid them! Just found this out. There are no children involved. Advice: Sorry,... >Read More



I have trouble being single

I am a single, attractive female who has never managed to settle down due to not meeting the right people. I have now become stigmatised, due to being single and independent. I have adapted to being single but I am very stressed with the constant abuse. I long for a friend and a partner and have tried many ways... >Read More



Handling the Holidays

How do you feel about the holidays? Are they difficult ones for you as a single? Or do you look forward to them with excited anticipation? Whichever emotion is attached to the holidays for you, or something on the spectrum in between, I'd like to offer an encouragement to focus on something and someone beyond those feelings. Jeremiah, one of...... >Read More



Install: LOVE

Customer Service Representative: Can you install LOVE? Customer: I can do that. I'm not very technical, but I think I am ready to install now. What do I do first? CS Rep: The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART ma'am? Customer: Yes I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to... >Read More



Be Loved For Who You Really Are

Everybody wants to be loved for who they really are - beneath the masks they wear, the impressions they try to make and the mind games they play. But how do we go about doing that? Two of America's most respected, pioneering and sought after authorities on relationship dynamics, Jim Sniechowski and Judith Sherven, challenge our understanding of love...... >Read More



December Tears

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Bah Humbug. For many people, Christmas is the saddest time of year. In a culture that is obsessed with all things Christmas, it is easy to feel like an alien when our thoughts and feelings are anything but merry. Whether your pain stems from lost loved ones, unfulfilled hopes, shattered dreams or personal failures,...... >Read More



Unwrapping His Gift

“Mom … please tell me what you bought me for my birthday. Please …!” My daughter pleaded while giving me the saddest puppy-dog-eyes I’d ever seen. I had a choice. I could allow her to unwrap the gift early, spoiling the joy and excitement of waiting for her actual birthday, or, I could help her understand the value of patience,... >Read More


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