sailing single-handed:a navigation guide for lds singles
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While single adults are a rapidly growing demographic group in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being single in this traditionally family-oriented church continues to pose a special set of challenges. Sailing Single-Handed is a discussion of the problems LDS singles face and an attempt to present solutions to some of those problems.The book begins from a position of faith and assumes a desire to actively participate in the religious as well as the social life of the church. But it addresses issues in an unvarnished way from the perspective of those who have actually coped with these challenges. Perhaps the central question it tries to answer is how to find happiness while facing the trials of being a single Latter-day Saint.Married members of the Church, including ecclesiastical leaders, often offer their single friends well-intended counsel that is completely disconnected from the reality of single life. Sailing Single-Handed is an approach rooted in the personal experiences of the author and the many single friends and acquaintances he made over many years as a bachelor.The book is intended to offer hope for those who want so badly to be married, but despair that the opportunity will never present itself.