Singles in the Shadows: Episode 929
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
The “singles vacuum” at church, plus pastors discuss the church’s attitude toward single adults, and what to do about difficult bosses and coworkers.
Featured musical artist: Jeremy Rosado
Roundtable: The Singles Gap
Kids, youth, college-age, young marrieds and seniors: Most churches seem to have unique ministries for these demographics. But what about young professional single adults? Our guests discuss the seeming vacuum in churches when it comes to creating space for singles, and what we can do to foster belonging and impact among this too-often “lost” segment of the church.
Culture: Does the Church Value Marrieds More Than Singles?
Does your church seem to place a higher value on marriage than on singleness? Is there any truth to this claim, or is it just the skewed perspective of the unmarried and embittered? Two pastors, one married and one single, discuss both sides of the argument. They suggest how the church can better teach singleness as a unique gift while showing sensitivity and honor to the singles in their pews.
Single-Minded: Finding Purpose & Strength in Your Season of Singleness
Inbox: Dealing With Difficult Coworkers
How do you properly address problems with a boss or coworker? At what point do you confront bad behavior in the workplace? HR expert Marshonda Dixon weighs in.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, Lisa Anderson here with Boundless, letting you know about this year's Advent experience. |
| 0:06.6 | Like last year, it will be a four-week, four-text and video experience. |
| 0:12.2 | So join us by texting Advent to 32728. That's Advent at 32728. |
| 0:18.9 | Or you can go to boundless.org slash advent and sign up there. |
| 0:23.7 | Get signed up now because it all begins on November 28th. |
| 0:28.0 | So make it happen, Lisa Anderson here with you. |
| 0:47.7 | And I hope you are getting ready for the Thanksgiving season. |
| 0:52.6 | And then after that, we're heading into Christmas. |
| 0:54.8 | This is always such a great time of the year. |
| 0:57.4 | Hopefully, all have also recovered from daylight savings time, those of you in the U.S., |
| 1:01.7 | because it can be pretty harsh. |
| 1:03.9 | We're going to help you through, especially with this week's show, because we've got great |
| 1:07.7 | stuff up ahead. |
| 1:09.4 | First off, later on for our inbox, |
| 1:11.7 | how do you deal with a difficult boss or difficult co-workers or both? |
| 1:16.7 | If you are that difficult person, maybe someone needs to tell you. |
| 1:21.6 | But our HR expert, Marshaonda Dixon, is going to weigh in on that and give you some great insight. |
| 1:26.7 | And then for our culture segment, our dear friends, Pastor Mark Bates and Pastor Matthew Capone, |
| 1:32.9 | will be here to address really what the conundrum, I guess, this was a listener question of like, |
| 1:41.4 | do churches value marriage over singleness? Because I'm really feeling that. And so if you feel |
| 1:48.0 | similarly, they're going to give some great insights on that and really humbly address that. And actually, |
| 1:53.3 | Matthew Capone is single himself and a pastor. So he can speak from experience. Well, here we are. |
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