Breaking News: Debbie Maken is coming to London!
Captain Sensible writes: Great news, folks!!! Debbie Maken has very kindly accepted an invitation to come and speak over here in London, England! Debbie will be here from the 26th to the 29th January, and she will be presenting a keynote talk in central London on Saturday 27th January. There will also be the opportunity for questions and an open discussion on issues relating to singleness and the contemporary church's attitude towards it.So if you are in Washington, USA; Canberra, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; or even Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (okay, I did have to look that one up); there has never been a better time to visit this fine British capital city of London!
(You might also want to consider coming to this event if you are actually in London -- or anywhere else in the UK for that matter too!)
Read all about it on the London Christians website and get booking (air fare/hotel or maybe just tickets for this crucially important event!) post-haste!!!
posted by Captain Sensible at 3:10 AM
6 Comments:
Captain: Thanks for posting a comment about "Set, Go...Ready!" on the Boundless blog. I now wish I would have included the whole verse as well. At the time, I was trying to be succinct and missed the significance of the second part of that verse. Cheers!
My dear Ms Hadley -- Thank you for writing such a great article! I hope everyone will read it at: www.Boundless.org
The Boundless blog also has some very interesting threads, including Candice Watters' post "Why Some Stay Single", which can be found at: www.Boundlessline.org
Keep up the good work, my dear!
I really don't know why Candice Watters sounds so troubled and surprised by something she has read on Crosswalk:
"What concerns me about articles like the one on Crosswalk is that the author doesn't allow for the possibility that extended singleness may be the result of someone failing to play his part in one or more of these areas of responsibility."
Areas which include "stewardship of time, talents and resources and holding a biblical view of marriage and family."
After all, Crosswalk has Carolyn McCulley as a regular contributor, so this article really is in keeping with their general philosophy.
Oh, but wait! So does Boundless!
Dear Anon:
Though I disagree with Carolyn McCulley on some things, there are times she has offered unadulterated and fair wisdom on this subject. And I think it is a little unfair to lump Crosswalk with Boundless just because Carolyn is a regular contributor to both. The editors at Boundless take great care to make sure that their authors are not frustrating marriage and family formation in their writings, whereas Crosswalk does not seem as principled in what it publishes. That is why you are correct to say that Candice Watters should not be surprised by Crosswalk's article comparing the unfulfilled childhood dream of an exotic pet to the unmet longing of a spouse in adulthood.
Debbie Maken
Admittedly, the articles by Carolyn McCulley that feature on Boundless are not usually her worst.
But her book (which contains a chapter entitled "Esteeming the Gift" -- ie. singleness) and blog are both therefore promoted.
And therein lies the problem...
I honestly feel Carolyn has had a change of heart lately. Look at her first post of the new year. It is all about being serious about getting married.
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