by Mary B Safrit | Dec 23, 2021 | Singleness
This past September on Instagram, Devi Abraham asked me to share some thoughts on how married people can support singles. Devi co-hosts a podcast called Where Do We Go From Here, on which they talk about purity culture, its effects on Christians, and how to move...
by Mary B Safrit | Dec 16, 2021 | Relationships and Community
I wish I were better at forgiveness. I feel like, as a Christian, I should be. Every week at church, we pray the Lord’s Prayer, which includes the line, “forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” I am now technically a card-carrying Presbyterian, and so that’s...
by Mary B Safrit | Dec 9, 2021 | Mental Health, Singleness
It was mid-March. I recently came out of a professional sprint–moderating and running logistics for a virtual event series called From the Beauty Shop to the Pew, wrapping up the fifth season of my podcast, and releasing my ebook The Single Christian’s Church...
by Mary B Safrit | Dec 2, 2021 | Singleness
Around these parts, we talk about a lot of things pertaining to people who are single and also Christian. We talk about relational well-being, mental health, and calling. We also talk about the reality of being single in a culture low to high key obsessed with...
by Mary B Safrit | Nov 18, 2021 | Christian Living, Relationships and Community
Back in June, my pal, Kerrah Fabacher, and I continued our monthly series on Instagram live on Boundaries in Friendship. The topic this time around? “Male-Female Friendships: What’s the Big Deal?” In preparing for this conversation, we quickly realized there were a...
by Mary B Safrit | Nov 11, 2021 | Mental Health
Growing up on a farm meant periodically creatures who belong outdoors found their way indoors. In winter or after a field was harvested or mowed, the wee (and not so wee) creatures seemed to look up for the first time and notice a ready-made shelter hitherto...
by Mary B Safrit | Nov 4, 2021 | Singleness
Have you ever been annoyed that, as someone who is single, there are some hard things you can’t defer? That’s probably true for everyone in some way, but for us singles, there are some decisions we have to make and hard conversations we have to have because no one...
by Mary B Safrit | Oct 28, 2021 | Christian Living, Relationships and Community
My church is entering into a period of transition, and as is wont to happen, all sorts of stuff is getting shaken up in the process. I think of it like a snow globe that’s been overturned. With all the dust that naturally gets kicked up in times of transition, things...
by Mary B Safrit | Oct 14, 2021 | Christian Living, Singleness
As a serial achiever and perfectionist, this thought frequently pops into my brain. Based on some engagement I’ve had with y’all, it comes up for you, too. And it can lead to what I’ve started calling “singleness productivity guilt.” On the one hand, this can be a...
by Mary B Safrit | Oct 7, 2021 | Christian Living, Singleness
Have you ever read something that gave you words for something you didn’t know you needed to say? Last Thursday, I sat at my desk with my morning smoothie and cold brew coffee with a splash of oat milk in a Mason jar. Basic? You betcha. I opened my journal,...
