What People Are Saying What People Are Saying
- Ben Young, author and host of the nationally syndicated "Single Connection" radio show:
"This book rocks! If you're single and struggling with being single, you need to read this book. It's one of the best books I've ever read for Christian singles."
- CCM Magazine review, October 2002
Gliding with ease between humor and heartache, Smith -- who is single herself, it must be noted -- addresses the numbing loneliness and grief that often accompany singleness, especially in those over 30. She rather boldly states, "A lifetime of soaking up evangelical thought had not prepared me for serving God and finding great disappointment." Yet she also admits feeling "foolish, selfish and petty" for at times being unhappy with her singleness when so many others face challenges much more tragic and devastating.
Very realistic yet very hopeful, "The Single Truth" makes us singles face the fact that we may never get married but then urges us to choose to believe that in spite of that, we are not incomplete, we are not deprived and we are not "out of God's will" just because we are single. Along the way, Smith quotes everyone and everything from Scripture to "Good Will Hunting," Bebo Norman to Dostoevsky.
This book works equally well for both men and women, for those never married as well as those divorced or widowed. The section on contentment -- what it is and what it isn't -- is vital, and Smith encourages us to learn to choose it again and again and again. Her advice is practical, challenging, encouraging and devoutly Christian. This is an excellent addition to the body of Christian work about the single life.
- A reader from New Zealand
It was so awesome just to read that someone else feels like me. It covers the ups & downs of single Christian life - telling it all without wallowing in the complexities. The bottom line - you may not get married & that's ok. It's the world who confuses you with it's messages. Keeping your eyes on God's purpose for you is the key. The church needs to be understanding single life & teaching & listening to what we have to say. I've already recommended this to a pastor & it's doing the rounds of my friends (who can't read it fast enough!). Thanks Lori for finally telling it like it is.
