Blood & Tears: When Hormones Dictate Your Faith

The breaking point was this: walking into church one day and seeing her and her new fiance leading worship together.

Silly, I know, but it was a dream I admitted I harboured until I saw them together.

Why isn’t he here yet?

thoughts on being an 29 year old virgin 

It’s been approximately 15 years since I first started being interested in boys. That’s pretty late, according to what I gather from current norms, but kind of average back then. My first crush…

This week I am 75% sad for myself

And that is okay.

What do you hate?

I hate the fact that every month when I PMS, I feel worthless and ugly and unwanted because no one has ever asked me out on a date. Almost two years ago, I lay in bed feeling stupid because I realised that my only wish for my 31st birthday was that someone — anyone — would actually invite me on…

The prayers you don’t want to pray

But you pray them anyway.

Things married people should avoid saying to the single thirty-somethings

“Hey, if you ever want to talk about it…”

Nice, but what is there to talk about? All talking about it ever does it rehash old pains, reaffirming the…

No, sometimes Jesus is not enough

On recognising the validity of your needs and desires

I’ve somewhat given up on Boundless recently because reading it usually brings on a flood of tears or angry frustration. But I read this on Boundless…

Lay down your grief

There comes a time when you need to stop. Lay down your grief, the loss you’ve been carrying for so long. Let go.

Singlehood in your late twenties feels like a promise unfulfilled, an ache that cannot be healed, an emptiness that won’t be filled. It’s not so much a…

Does the Church need Feminism?

Maybe it does.

Single, female, and ignored

Creating conversations about what it means to be a single woman in the…