Single, Just Because

Many people get asked why they are unmarried, and the reply is often a shrug: "Just because." Bridget Gee argues that the more pressing question is not why someone is single but how they choose to live while single. In her view, every follower of God, whatever their relationship status, is called to an active and vital discipleship, and singleness can become a season of growth.

Gee, a pilgrim and podcaster, describes her own travels as a personal pilgrimage of walking with God and with others. Physical journeys over mountains and through valleys become settings where her spiritual formation takes shape, and she shares them through candid, personal stories. These accounts explore her longings and hopes and take up questions of identity, community, mental health, dating, sexuality, and more.

Rather than offering an idealized picture, Gee writes about following Jesus in life as it actually unfolds, not as the reader might imagine it. The pilgrim's path leads to unexpected places and toward becoming people the reader never knew they could be.