Stop Single Shaming
Disclaimer: I'm not single. I have a wonderful boyfriend that I'm in a committed relationship with. So don't think that this is the saga of a single girl, singing her woes of not finding a man. Now, I've grown up in the church, amongst a wonderful community of believers. I gladly claim a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I have had the blessing of learning from some incredible men and women of God, and have sat under some great Bible teaching in my lifetime. However, I have to say that I've started to notice a pattern, inside and outside of the church, but especially in the communities of Christians that I have grown up with. And I have oh-so-cleverly decided to dub this pattern "single shaming." Many of you already know what I'm talking about. "Oh you, know Claire is beautiful girl, has a wonderful job, just lovely. But...She's 25 and she just can't seem to find a man." "Well, we thought for sure that when Amanda ...