Living with a Hope Deferred – Part 3
One of the benefits to recording a radio program so far in advance is that you can completely forget what you said. That was the case as I listened to the final installment in the three-part series about singleness on Focus on the Family. This program was the Q&A portion of the interview, where both Dr. Dobson and the audience asked some direct and sometimes poignant questions of Candice Watters and me.
My favorite moment was when Dr. Dobson asked me how I handle going out in public without a date. I had totally forgotten he asked me this when we recorded these programs last April. So as I stood in the kitchen listening to this show, I found myself pausing with my coffee spoon in mid-air, wondering what I said in response. Wow. What an awkward moment. But I’m glad he asked it! Because I know this is an important question and one we all struggle with to some degree, because it’s all about wondering what others are thinking of you. This isn’t an issue just confined to singleness. Fear of man (the biblical term, not the single woman’s term!) is a common temptation.
If you want to know what I said in response, you can listen to the program:
We also took questions from a handful of people in the audience, both men and women, and looked at the issues of singleness, “matchmaking,” mentoring, “baggage,” and more. (I used the quotation marks on purpose–you’ll have to listen to find out why.) It was an incredible privilege to be on the show.
Here are the links if you missed the last two programs:
© Carolyn McCulley
