Faith Dance

Singles and Valentine's Day

I have no intentions of a long post.  The billion dollar romantic myth industry has a special day, called Valentine's Day. It is one of the most thriving economic trends with no sudden drop anytime soon.  I believe romantic love is a gift from God. 

The romantic myth industry though, has been a large contributor to our divorce culture.  It also has no place for specialness or uniqueness for all the unattached singles who have no romantic partner.

Social Networking and Friendship

One of the biggest challenges for enduring, edifying cross-gender friendship-love is what is called the "audience" challenge. In America, the hypersexualized evangelical sub-culture, ensures public perception and/or scrutiny as a legitimate challenge to navigate in any formation of friendship between the sexes. 

As my journey into this social love began to deepen, I really did feel quite alone like I was exploring unknown frontiers. I was an evangelical. I was intent on nurturing depth and intimacy with female friends. Where does an evangelical go with that? Early on in my research it seemed like the data was so sparse and it came in bits and pieces over what seemed a looong period of time. But I would find enough encouragement here and there to continue exploring unfamiliar regions of relationality.