S12 Ep 224: Breaking Stigmas of Singleness from a Single Female Pastor with Meredith Knox

Heart of Dating

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Relationships

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🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Today Kait and JJ are joined by Meredith Knox to talk about singles in the church and if singleness limits you in leadership or calling. Love Heart of Dating Podcast? Want to support us AND be a part of the fam? Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/heartofdating Subscribe to our YouTube channel here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1PswEXEyeSddMmOSiRKGw Crushing on a cutie? Download this FREE Resource on how to show interest: https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/how-to-show-interest Want to further your dating knowledge? Check out our ultimate dating library! https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/ultimate-dating-library Kait wrote a book! Snag Thank You For Rejecting Me on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3E59cLQ Want to meet some epic Christian Singles? Join our huge HOD Family on FB! https://www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdatingpodcast Come hang with us on the gram: http://instagram.com/heartofdating http://instagram.com/kaitness https://www.instagram.com/jjtomlin/?hl=en . . . . . A quick thank you to one of our friends! Compassion International: Do you have a burning desire to be a parent but feel stuck in singleness? Do you want to make lasting, powerful impact in your life as a single? We are a proud partner of Compassion International. Our community of singles has sponsored hundreds of kids all around the world, and we’d love to invite you to join us on this compelling mission. http://compassion.com/heartofdating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Loneliness is really just space.
0:04.0	And if Genesis 1 taught us anything
0:06.2	is that the Holy Spirit loves to fill open space.
0:10.2	I would not trade for a second what loneliness has gotten me of God for a decade of marriage at this point. Okay, what's up family, it's Kate.
0:46.8	And J.J.
0:49.0	And we are recording this in February.
1:01.3	And by the time this releases we may or may not have a daughter. We don't know. I mean we know we're going to have a daughter. We don't know when she's coming. The gender's not. No, stop.
1:04.4	Stop at J.J. He loves these jokes. No. We are in California.
1:08.4	Okay, hey, stop. Stop, stop. No. Yeah, just meaning that by the time this comes out we may have given birth. Oh my goodness so crazy to think about that. So yeah, hi. If that's the case
1:23.9	But we're so excited about this episode
1:25.4	because I think first of all,
1:28.0	our guest today, Meredith Knox,
1:29.7	got introduced to me through our team.
1:32.5	Come to find out we have a mutual connection.
1:35.0	Tara Lee Cobble, love that.
1:36.7	Anybody connected to TLC is gonna be a friend of ours.
1:40.2	But she is a single woman and she'll tell you more about herself, but we talk about the reality of or the question of does singleness limit me?
1:51.0	And why does, why is there a messaging from the church where it's like
1:56.3	you're less than if you're a single and marriage is the pinnacle and why don't
2:00.5	we see very many pastors that are single and leaders that are single and so we talk
2:05.9	about all of that today with Meredith it's so good.
2:09.4	But before we jump into the episode, Patreon, hey, we love you guys.
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