Super Nerdy Church Girl
A little nerdy, a little churchy, and a little flirty
Tag: Marriage
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At age 30, I was 10 months into my new city of Dallas, Texas. I would be starting grad school in a few months. I spent my Saturday mornings floating in my community pool chasing clouds. Everything around me felt like spring – fresh and new. Being single was an asset providing the freedom of…
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Why is there pretense? This ever shielding wall that protects and keeps out the very thing you really want to let in. Too deep? It's Sunday night. There is a cool breeze blowing through my open balcony as I type. Dang it, I'm just deep! lol I am so guilty of this so I cannot…
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This is the question in a new series we are tackling with the young adult ministry at church. It is really coming at a pivotal time in my life when I am considering the next stage – relationship, marriage and kids. No, I am not exclusively dating anyone but the thought has crossed my mind…
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In marketing (and logistics) there is a phenomenon known as the push and pull system. It describes the movement of product between two subjects. In push demand, suppliers can predict demand and supplies product accordingly. In pull demand, the consumers have a need and demand the products and services to fulfill that need. Bored yet?…
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Being a celibate Christian is not crazy, it is the sanest, most incredible gift that you can give to yourself. I was preusing the internet as I am want to do and I came across a video discussing my favorite Christian couple – Meagan Good and Devon Franklin. Mr. Franklin reveals that he had been…
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The idea of marriage and finding the man of destiny that God has chosen for us, is a revisited conversation topic for me and my single friends. In fact, yesterday, I had quite an interesting conversation, in which a friend said that marriage is not your ministry when I have heard the message preach that…
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A chance encounter. A fateful event. Something to indicate that we (whoever that other part of we is) are destined to be. Is that crazy? Don't answer that. A friend of mine jokes that I am like the character Sara Thomas in the movie Serendipity. She is all like, Felicia, the stars have to align…
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I was watching this PBS documentary about HIV rates among African Americans and was taken aback by the reasoning of women and young men regarding sexual activity. A lot of African Americans: a. Don't talk about sex and HIV transmission and b. Have an antiquated view of sex/HIV. Seriously, pregnancy is not the worst thing…
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As part of our seemingly endless conversations about relationships, a friend mentioned the idea of marrying someone with whom you are not in love. As evidence, this friend mentioned a woman who says that she married a man because everyone else told her that he was such a "good" man. It was when their child…
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So Meagan Good is getting married and she has not slept with her fiancee. They plan on being together for the first time on their wedding night. From what I can ascertain they have actually been dating for about a year although they have known each other a bit longer. Celibacy will make a…