Christian Bevere: Singleness Is Not a Problem That Needs to Be Fixed

Singleness is one of the few experiences in the Church that almost everyone has an opinion about and very few people are willing to sit with. It’s acknowledged, occasionally encouraged and usually treated as a phase that needs careful management until something better arrives.The advice comes quickly: Be patient. Trust God’s timing. Don’t idolize marriage. Don’t settle. Most of it is well-intentioned. Almost none of it addresses what singleness actually feels like when it stretches on longer tha