It’s a tale as old as time. A plucky bachelor, driven by an inarticulate sense that his current life-situation is radically incomplete, navigates an increasingly daunting series of hurdles as he journeys toward the ultimate goal of intimate human connection. Of course, in the contemporary telling of the fairy tale, one of the greatest challenges the protagonist must face is a never-ending global pandemic that threatens to undermine his quest at every turn. Nevertheless, he presses forward, undaunted.
Long before lockdowns and masking, Christians were already struggling to recognize the ways in which modern society idolizes romance and to respond by rightly ordering our loves.
The societal pressures that gave rise to his sense of urgency are nothing new, but in some ways, the looming threat of medical isolation makes his pursuit of relationship all the more immediate and necessary. Like so many who have walked a similar path, he would rather make a hasty, if not ill-advised,…
