“Funny, poignant, tender, searing... I dearly wish I'd had this book when I was a pastor”
Mark Buchanan, Author of the David Trilogy
“Sovdi helps readers live a life of purpose, fun, adventure, and faithfulness right now.”
Karen Stiller, Author of Holiness Here
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You’ve heard all the cliches
“Save sex for marriage,” “Pray for a spouse,” “God will send you someone when you’re ready,” “It happens when you least expect it,” “Enjoy this season,” “Singleness is a gift” and, of course, “WAIT!”
But what if the thing you’re waiting for hasn’t come?
What if marriage doesn’t happen? And what do you do when you’re feeling lectured-out, dated-out, waited-out, and singled-out?
For those facing the stigma of singleness in a culture obsessed with romance comes a survival guide by a Braun Book Award winning author about how to follow Jesus, desire marriage, and be single, all at the same time.
Join the movement of those who believe that…
God’s plans are not limited to a relationship status, that singleness can be enjoyed instead of endured, and that all of us can experience a love greater than romance, a life bigger than fairytales, and a purpose to which we have been called.
Praise for Surviving Christianity Unmarried
Mark Buchanan, Author of The David Trilogy
A dare: read just the introduction to this book. A bet: you won’t be able to put it down. Karissa’s funny, poignant, tender, searing memoir/theology of singleness deserves a place alongside Ann Lamott’s Traveling Mercies and Lauren Winner’s Girl Meets God—for the beauty of its writing, for the depths of its insights, and most of all for its power to change our minds. I dearly wish I’d had this book when I was a pastor, and Karissa was part of my church! I’m deeply grateful I have it now and can repent of all the nonsense I’ve thought, and sometimes spoken, about singleness. This is a book for singles, yes, and in Karissa you have a kind, wise, often wisecracking guide. But it’s also, maybe more so, a book for pastors, professors, and ministry leaders—really, for anybody who has ears to hear and needs fresh eyes to see.
Karen Stiller, Author of Holiness Here
In this book, Karissa Sovdi offers a gift to the Church and all the single people found within. And that is this reminder: “Singleness is not a problem to be solved. It is a life to be lived.” Cutting through the cacophony of messages about marriage and family, which can make unmarried people feel less-than or as if they are consigned to a lifelong waiting room, Sovdi helps readers live a life of purpose, fun, adventure, and faithfulness right now, no matter their marital status. It’s not about waiting. It’s about living.