Archive - Dani | Writes

Does Marriage Give You a Hall-Pass on Undivided Devotion?

This is the chapter that I expect will be the most new to many readers—and perhaps the most surprising. It’s also the chapter that I’m most… nervous…

Aug 6

July 2025

Is Choice the New (but Old) Spiritual Credential for Singles?

This chapter pushes back against the idea that the only truly meaningful singleness is the kind that is intentionally chosen. It questions a growing…

Jul 30

When the Gift Feels More Like a Diagnosis

The more I explored Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 7:7-8, the more I realised how far we’ve strayed from their original meaning. We’ve taken his…

Jul 23

Not Good to Be Alone—Not Bad to Be Single

While writing Chapter Two of Single Ever After, I found myself returning to the same question over and over again: Are single Christians destined to…

Jul 16 •

Take Two: Every Story Starts Somewhere...

An introduction to Single Ever After: Chapter by Chapter

Jul 11 •

What Is Singleness For?

Chapter One of Single Ever After explores what God’s word says about the meaning, dignity and purpose of singleness. (Spoiler Alert: the answer has…

Jul 9 •

Every Story Starts Somewhere...

In this companion series to my forthcoming book, Single Ever After, I’ll reflect weekly on one chapter of the book. I’ll share what I wrestled with…

Jul 2 •

June 2025

I Interrupt Your Usual Programming...

I really just wanted to let you know that over the next few months, things will be a little different around here. This is the result of two different…

Jun 11 •

May 2025

A Palate Cleanser: 'Bring Me Home'

One of the reasons I love Les Misérables so much is that it has been one way in which I’ve come to know, share and experience the love of others. And as…

May 20 •

Why I'm Not "A Feminist"

I’m not a feminist because, before, over, and above anything else I could ever be, I’m a Christian. And that is more than enough for a woman like me. In…

May 12 •

April 2025

Defusing the Sin of Empathy

The Sin of Empathy is a deeply flawed book that fails to diagnose both the real issue at stake and its real solution. Bring biblical and theological…

Apr 23 •

On The Sin of E̶m̶p̶a̶t̶h̶y̶ Being a Woman

Anyone who claims that Joe Rigney faults feminism—rather than women themselves—for what he considers to be empathy’s destructive impact on church and…

Apr 15 •

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