Vocation – Passion of Hope

Prolonged Singleness Encouragement Group Forming January 2025

Julieanne Bartlett December 9, 2024 0 Comments

I’m very excited to announce that I will be hosting an online encouragement group for those struggling with prolonged singleness. This group will begin in January 2025 and take place on the last Sunday of each month, starting at 1PM Pacific Time/4PM Eastern Time. (There will be no group meetings in April and December 2025) The first group will be Sunday, January 26, 2025. The purpose of...

Online Singles Retreat!

Julieanne Bartlett October 15, 2024 0 Comments

I’m very excited to announce that myself and Celeste Sibolboro, of Love Is On Its Way, will be hosting our first online singles retreat, Growing Hope for Marriage! This event will take place on Saturday, November 16, 2024, from 9AM-1PM Pacific Time/12Noon-4PM Eastern Time. This retreat will have four main sections to it: The Call to Marriage Tools for Hope A Shared Online Meal/Snack Hope...

After Winter, Spring

Julieanne Bartlett May 9, 2024 2 Comments

I have a love-hate relationship with the season of winter. Every year, the weather turns crisp, and the days get shorter as we enter autumn. I’m one of those pumpkin “freaks” who come out of the woodwork, eager to add pumpkin spice to everything and anything I can. Even though summer is my favorite season, I actually welcome the cooler days with their reprieve from the scorching sun and...

Events that May Interest You

Julieanne Bartlett May 6, 2024 2 Comments

Happy Spring! I wanted to reach out and let you know of three different items available for you. Please see the details below for more information: Mourning Glory Grief Podcast. I was a guest on this podcast recently, getting to discuss prolonged singleness and the grief experienced by singles when the desire for marriage goes unfulfilled. This is a sadness that is often unacknowledged. I...

ADVENT: A Time of Hope

Julieanne Bartlett December 19, 2023 6 Comments

I must apologize for being MIA these last months, as several projects have been keeping me very busy. I am working on a book for those suffering from prolonged singleness. More specifically, my book offers hope for those desiring marriage by sharing the theological truths that helped me to seek God for a suitable spouse. I hope to offer more information about this project in 2024. Also, I teamed...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness 9

Julieanne Bartlett May 30, 2023 2 Comments

We are concluding this series on the reasons for prolonged singleness! This month is Part 9, wherein I will cover one last reason that people may stay single. As I stated in last month’s blog post, this series does not present an exhaustive list. There can always be other reasons for prolonged singleness. However, my intention was to provide an inventory of the reasons I have encountered both...

Hope for Marriage Challenge!

Julieanne Bartlett March 13, 2023 0 Comments

See link below for all the details!! Sign up for the Hope for Marriage Challenge at this link! Have you lost hope in finding true love? Have you lost hope for marriage in your life? Maybe, you don’t even know that you have lost hope. Maybe, you have just quietly quit on this dream of yours. Maybe, you have let your hope slip away. Have you let your hope slip away? Do you feel this road of...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness Part 2

Julieanne Bartlett April 28, 2022 4 Comments

In last month’s blog, Reasons for Prolonged Singleness Part 1, I introduced the current series wherein I will be covering a number of reasons that people get stuck in prolonged singleness. As I have shared in previous posts, I was very afraid that God had called me to singleness even though I had a deep desire to marry. I struggled for a long time trying to understand what his will for me was...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness Part 1

Julieanne Bartlett March 29, 2022 2 Comments

Prolonged Singleness. When I first heard the term applied to my struggle of finding a husband, I was strangely comforted. There was a name for what I was dealing with. I was in my mid-thirties at the time and had been unable to maintain a relationship with a man to marriage. In my blog post, “Prolonged Singleness: Are You Stuck in the Single State?,” I shared my discovery of the concept of...

Modern Day Elizabeth

Julieanne Bartlett January 20, 2022 2 Comments

Happy 2022! I want to begin this year by encouraging you regarding your desire for marriage, knowing it is God’s will to help you find a suitable spouse. Having recently completed the Advent and Christmas season of the Church, the scripture readings reminded me of how the story of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, correlates to the struggle of prolonged singleness. In fact,...

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