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you are not alone

you are not alone

i have a friend who has wrestled with God for a really long time about being single.  at one point, he truly felt that the Lord was asking him to surrender his dreams for a family, and learning to live in the tension between honestly wanting to surrender and yet not being super-happy about it…

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By Happy, February 10, 2014
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straight talk about the dreaded DTR

straight talk about the dreaded DTR

I was out to dinner with three of my (single guy) friends awhile ago, and (as inevitably seems to happen in groups of single people) The Subject came up.  “There’s this girl…” They’d been spending a lot of time together; he was pretty sure she was into him; he really just wanted to be friends….

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By Happy, February 9, 2014
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three ways to build better friendships

three ways to build better friendships

We’ve talked about what not to say to your single friends – and knowing what not to say is certainly helpful – but what do we say instead?  How do we learn from stories like Sara’s, and create a culture within the church that doesn’t make single people feel like second-class citizens? You’ll notice that…

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By Happy, February 6, 2014
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single (sara’s story)

single (sara’s story)

Today’s post in this series on singleness and the church is a guest post by my dear friend, Sara Rendall. I grew up in the church; my parents raised me in youth groups and bible studies, and I always just assumed I would finish school, go to college, meet Prince Charming, get married, and raise…

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By Happy, February 5, 2014
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differently difficult: the toughest things about singleness

differently difficult: the toughest things about singleness

What is the absolute hardest thing about being a single Christian?  Well – if we all had to sum it up collectively, we’d probably have to go with, “Um… being single?” There are likely actually hundreds of answers to that question, dependent on age, gender, culture, personality, and other circumstances; even in my own life,…

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By Happy, February 4, 2014
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Meet Happy
Simple Felicity is, at its heart, a blog based on the unshakeable belief that happiness really isn't all that complicated. It's often found in the simplest of things: good food, good books, and good company. So those are the things I write about, along with a few other things that really matter to me, including faith and feminism. A bit about me: My name is Happy. I have an amazing talent for misplacing my keys, a deep appreciation for whomever looked at the coffee bean and thought, "Hey, I wonder what would happen if I roasted this?", and road trips to Michigan are pretty much my favorite.
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