The Dangers of Alone

The Dangers of Alone – “Five Questions for Single Men.” 

Loneliness in the Church

Loneliness in the Church – 8 Reasons Why.

Entering into the Loneliness of Job

Entering into the Loneliness of Job – “The friends came with kind intentions. They came together. They brought with them the wisdom of the world, all the resources available within the world to comfort their suffering friend. But they were bankrupt, able to sympathize up to a point but utterly unable to comfort.”

Why Did God Make Eve from Part of Adam?

Why Did God Make Eve from Part of Adam? – “Eve is like Adam and yet perfectly unlike Adam so as to be the exact suitable counterpart for Adam.”

How COVID Has Affected Our Friendships—and What to Do About It

How COVID Has Affected Our Friendships—and What to Do About It – “Last year, the cure for one pandemic only deepened another one. The antidote to the COVID pandemic—social isolation and distancing—has exacerbated what the former surgeon general called ‘the epidemic of loneliness.’”

Insecurities, the Fear of People, Regrets, and Failure

Insecurities, the Fear of People, Regrets, and Failure – “We all have voices that tell us we are never enough. If we measure up in school, we don’t in sports or attractiveness or anything else. We always have voices, around us and in us, that assure us we are, indeed, substandard—or average, which feels just as bad.”

Why Satan Wants You to Think You’re Alone

Why Satan Wants You to Think You’re Alone – “Satan traffics in lies. He wants you to believe that God isn’t good, that you are alone, and that your shame can never be removed. Each is a profound deception.”

Sometimes I Need a Sunrise

Sometimes I Need a Sunrise – “The trouble with discouragement is that you can set up camp there in complete obscurity and isolation. If you don’t call out for help, you might just stay for a while.”

On Feeling Lonely

On Feeling Lonely – “According to the Bible, we experience loneliness not because there is something wrong with us, but because there is something right with us. We experience loneliness because we know, deep down, that we were made for more connection, intimacy, and love than we seem to experience.”

The FAQs: What Christians Should Know About Loneliness

The FAQs: What Christians Should Know About Loneliness – “Here is what you should know about loneliness and how you can help this holiday season.”

The 3 Screens in Your Life

The 3 Screens in Your Life – “We’re all hoping the coronavirus pandemic ends soon, but when it does, we’ll face a deeper wound in modern society: the epidemic of loneliness.”

The Answer to Loneliness?

The Answer to Loneliness? – “Loneliness is a serious and growing problem. The stats are pretty heartbreaking...We often think of loneliness as a problem primarily affecting older people, but research published this year suggests that younger men in individualistic societies are the most likely to be lonely.”

‘No One Understands!’ Lessons for Lonely Sufferers

‘No One Understands!’ Lessons for Lonely Sufferers – “Trauma is hard to face, but, by God’s grace, we don’t have to face it alone.”

You’re Not Alone in the Cave

You’re Not Alone in the Cave – “I think it’s fair to say that the presence of Psalm 88 in the Bible was a key factor in my reviving confidence that God had not socially distanced himself from me or his broken world.”

Loneliness Has Been My Faithful Friend

Loneliness Has Been My Faithful Friend – “While most will remember this year for a virus, many also will remember the emotional pandemic of isolation and social distancing.”

Give Us This Day Our Daily Friendship

Give Us This Day Our Daily Friendship – “Just as it is wrong to spiritualize and discount the desire for physical nourishment, so also it is wrong to spiritualize and discount the need for friendship. Jesus is our friend, but He created us to need earthly Christian fellowship too.”

How I Survive Social Distancing

How I Survive Social Distancing – “Staying informed and making wise decisions based on that information is a good thing. The problem is that we can develop an unhealthy habit in our hearts where we meditate on trouble and forget God.”

Coping With the Silence of Self-Isolation

Coping With the Silence of Self-Isolation – “Can we simply sit and be still with him? Can we cope with the silence? Or will we continue to fill it as much as we possibly can?”

When Loneliness Meets Self-Isolation

When Loneliness Meets Self-Isolation – “This current health crisis meets us in the midst of a mental and emotional health crisis—loneliness.”

When Nobody Else Listens, God Listens

When Nobody Else Listens, God Listens – “Most of us know what it’s like to feel alone and invisible and weak. Demi Lovato is not the only one.”