All Singleness articles
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OpinionEveryone around me is getting married. Here’s what God is teaching me about loneliness
As Loneliness Awareness Week (15–21 June) shines a spotlight on the growing number of people struggling with isolation, writer Tabby Kibugi reflects on a quieter form of loneliness that often goes unnoticed. As friends marry, start families and move into new seasons of life, she shares what God is teaching her about friendship, belonging and trusting His timing while navigating life as a single woman approaching 30.
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OpinionThe joy of growing older together: Why single Christian women are choosing community over loneliness
Jenny Sanders explores the growing movement of older women choosing community and shared living over the isolation that can so often accompany later life. Reflecting on faith, family and the biblical call to care for the lonely, she asks whether co-housing could offer not only practical support, but also companionship, dignity and hope in the years ahead.
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OpinionChristian dating: Am I good enough?
Woman Alive deputy editor, Jemimah Wright reflects on the emotional rollercoaster of modern dating, sparked by a viral question about why commitment can feel so elusive. Drawing on personal experience, cultural observations, and faith, she explores what it means to trust God’s timing when relationships don’t unfold as we hope.
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OpinionShould I freeze my eggs while waiting for my Boaz?
Singer-songwriter Rita Ora’s decision to freeze her eggs in her 20s has reignited debate about fertility planning. We explore the practical, emotional, and spiritual questions behind fertility preservation, and how faith shapes our approach to family and the future.
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OpinionA message of hope for those who are single but would prefer not to be this Valentine’s Day
Writer and presenter of Christian dating show Third Wheel Dates, Lauren Windle, knows that this ‘season of love’ can feel heavy for those longing for a relationship but there is always hope in Jesus.
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OpinionVogue says it’s now embarrassing to have a boyfriend, this is my response as a Christian woman.
Alex Noel reflects on the viral Vogue article by Chanté Joseph that asks, “Is it embarrassing to have a boyfriend now?” In exploring the cultural shift it reveals, Noel considers what this moment might mean for Christian women — and for a Church that often centres life around marriage.
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: “I struggle with sexual temptation — how do I resist without just feeling guilty all the time?”
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, the Woman Alive team answer someone struggling with sexual temptation.
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OpinionRaye’s new single is the cry of many Christian women: ‘Where is my husband?’
Perry May Britton shares her journey of praying for a husband and the lessons she learned about hope, timing, and trust in God. Her story offers encouragement to anyone waiting on the Lord.
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Opinion‘I’m Christian, single and frightened. Don’t judge me’
Sophie Sanders explores the raw fears and quiet faith of living as a single Christian in a culture obsessed with coupling up. With honesty and hope, she reflects on unmet expectations, God’s providence, and why singleness is not a second-class calling.
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OpinionI waited for a husband and God answered my prayer when I was 44
Barbara de Oliveira shares how years of waiting, heartbreak, and holding on to faith led to an unexpected, God-orchestrated love story.
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OpinionThe 5 qualities Christian women should look for in a husband
With biblical wisdom and gentle encouragement, Sandie Eggers Seagroves outlines five Christ-centred traits to help women discern a husband who will truly love and lead like Jesus, she draws from decades of personal experience, including two marriages and a long season of waiting.
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OpinionI believe singleness is not a waiting room, but a glimpse of what is to come.
Dani Treweek challenges the all-too-common view of singleness as a painful pause before the “real” life of marriage begins. Instead, she invites Christian women to see singleness not as a waiting room to escape, but as a meaningful, God-honouring season that reflects eternal realities.
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OpinionDon’t let Valentine’s Day be a distraction from the rock-solid love of God which doesn’t change
‘We need to get our ‘Valentine love’ from him, don’t we?’ suggests Sheila Jacobs who says she ‘never had ‘a word’ from God’ that she would marry.
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ArticleDoes the Church view marriage as the pinnacle of success for women?
Dr Belle Tindall says it’s time for the Church to stop alienating women who are not in families
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ArticleChristian marriage is important for the Church
Kate Orson highlights how marriage is part of God’s original design, but believes we’ve become far too obsessed by it
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ArticleLet’s stop viewing marriage through rose-tinted glasses
Veronica Zundel believes that Christian marriage has become an idol for today’s Church
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I think I am asexual
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon answers someone who thinks they might be asexual.
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OpinionI felt God ask me to remain single and my book, Nun’s Drift, contains what I learned about acceptance
‘I tried to fight that unwelcome ‘call’ [to singleness] when I was older, but it has given me the ability to be available to listen to other singles and really hear them,’ says Sheila Jacobs, who ended up writing a novel with singles as the main characters.
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OpinionI wrote a book on waiting on God for my husband….and this is what happened next
Kelsey Rygh took an honest and vulnerable look at her behaviour in relationships, and realised something that had stopped her finding her now fiance.
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I feel like Bridget Jones at Christmas
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon answers someone who feels Christmas reminds her how unhappy she is in her single status.
