By Lindsay Hinmon
There seems to be a great sense of concern over my demographic in the church of 18-30 and unmarried, and rightly so. We are tragically turning away from God at an alarming rate. Somewhere along the line, however, someone decided the way to fix this issue is to get us all married off. I can say without hesitation, I believe in marriage. I believe it's Godly, I believe it's necessary and I believe it would help our inactivity rates in many instances. The doctrine of marriage and I are cool, but if one more person “helpfully” insinuates that I might do well to “think about finding that certain someone”, I’m going to lose it. Speaking generally for the body of LDS young single adults today, there are a couple things you should know...
There seems to be a great sense of concern over my demographic in the church of 18-30 and unmarried, and rightly so. We are tragically turning away from God at an alarming rate. Somewhere along the line, however, someone decided the way to fix this issue is to get us all married off. I can say without hesitation, I believe in marriage. I believe it's Godly, I believe it's necessary and I believe it would help our inactivity rates in many instances. The doctrine of marriage and I are cool, but if one more person “helpfully” insinuates that I might do well to “think about finding that certain someone”, I’m going to lose it. Speaking generally for the body of LDS young single adults today, there are a couple things you should know...