I was once dumped in a coat closet of a Polish American Club in the middle of a dance.
A girl from Birmingham Southern College once drove me home during a date because her ex-boyfriend was coming over.
I have been on multiple Christian harbor cruises and thought about swimming to shore at least once during each one.
All that to say, I was not good at dating. I kissed dating goodbye and it promptly punched me in the neck. I think I would be great at it now. If I could go back to college with the maturity, wisdom and, who am I kidding. I would still be horrible at dating, but recently someone pointed out a trend to me in the world of Christian dating. Let’s call it “church speed dating.”
This is when single men, and to a lesser degree single women, church shop until they find one that has an appropriate percentage of attractive, possible spouses. Apparently some lady readers have noticed squadrons of single men that come to church once or twice, sit in the back and do a little recon, fading into the shadows if the odds don’t look in their favor. And I don’t blame the guys.
It’s hard to meet cool Christian girls. It’s hard to meet cool Christian guys. I remember feeling that way in Birmingham. Not a pressure to marry, because I’m not sure if marriage is for everyone, but just a sense that my options were running out. After I graduated I felt like everyone left Birmingham and told me, “would the last person to leave please turn out the lights?”
Fortunately, for you and everyone else that is single and in search of cool people, there’s a solution. It’s called “North Point Community Church.” I have said this before and will continue to say this, but it’s the prettiest place I’ve ever been. It’s like there is a big, cool magnet drawing interesting people from around the Southeast. Seriously, it’s unbelievable and I hope to see the back rows packed with single guys this Sunday that have read this post. I’ll wear a red sweater and stand up and point out where the cool people sit that aren’t worried about doing the walk of shame when their kids get kicked out of Sunday School and their number is flashed on the screen. Good times will be had by all.
(Thanks to Jill for this idea.)
