From the monthly archives:

April 2011

The Division of Singles and Marrieds in the Church

April 28, 2011

My church kicked me out a ministry once for getting married.

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The Singles-Marrieds Divide

April 25, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the divide between single and married people. I feel like we have a problem when it comes to relationships between single and married people. Maybe I’m totally wrong.  Maybe there is no problem. Maybe it’s natural and healthy that married people and single people tend not to have [...]

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Gardening and (In)fertility

April 18, 2011

The other day my mom called to talk about gardening. Ten minutes into the conversation, Ben came rushing into the room to see what was wrong because I was crying so hard. No, my mom didn’t say anything mean or hurtful. Gardening became an emotional issue for me last year. It was my second summer [...]

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Spontaneity and the Cool Factor. Or, Can I Go to Bed Early and Still Be Hip?

April 11, 2011

I think almost every young person secretly fears that marriage and kids will make them boring because then they’ll always want to go home early to take care of their overworked spouses and read the kids their bedtime stories before hitting the sack. How utterly uncool.

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Conversations with Ben (and also a pregnancy update)

April 6, 2011

Anyone who knows my husband would probably agree that his entire personality could be encapsulated in the word “charm.” Oh wait a second, that’s not right. What I mean is that anyone who knows my husband would probably agree that the last word one would use to summarize his personality would be “charm.” Ben has [...]

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