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This post was originally published on The Gospel Coalition Africa. I recently attended a singles workshop at my church called: Unwanted Singleness. I initially thought, as the workshop’s title suggested, that it would be filled with all the usual advice about being content with singleness and not idolising marriage. But it didn’t stop there. It was a very solid, Christ-centred event, something talks on singleness often aren’t. It also provided a safe space for the single women in my church…

This post was originally published on The Gospel Coalition Africa. I was very excited as I sent him a voice note, telling him about the milestone I’d achieved. As always, I expected “happy for you babe.” This particular day, however, was different. He wanted us to talk, and not on the phone but in person. I sensed something was wrong. But I kind of guessed maybe it’s because he’d been going through a rough patch. We planned to meet up….