One thing you can be assured of is that on, or just before, February 14th every year, a slew of new articles on Christian singleness will be published online. These “It’s OK to be single on Valentine’s Day (I really mean it! Honestly!)” articles, are always a bit of a mixed bag. Personally I find some of them very insightful, encouraging and challenging. Others confuse me and leave me feeling a little ambivalent. While still others irk me. Quite a bit really. However, it’s

A couple of months ago I was whiling away an afternoon playing card games with two of my godchildren. After several hands in which we triumphantly commanded each other to "Go Fish!", we turned our attention to a new (old) game – one I remembered well from my own childhood. Old Maid. There we sat, determinedly trying to match pairs of Milkman Mo, and Postman Pete, and Ballet Betty, whilst desperately hoping to avoid being the one stuck with the Old Maid at the end. Loser. ----