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“God Sets the Solitary in Families,” says Psalm 68…so why not me?

What does Psalm 68 mean when it says that God sets the solitary in families, I wonder. I would have loved to have had children. I would have loved to have found a man who was truly my soulmate and enjoyed that deep, tender, loving connection that some of my …

Don’t Log Off

Thanks for Phil for letting me know about this programme on Radio 4. In Don’t Log Off, Alan Dein holed himself up for an entire week to talk to people on the internet. On a series of late night excursions via Facebook and Skype, he set out to discover the …

The difference between solitude and loneliness

Solitude and loneliness both refer to that state of being physically alone. Ok, so you can feel lonely in a crowd as the saying goes, but much of the time, we use the word loneliness to refer to how we feel when we are by ourselves. Whilst loneliness conjures up …