After many years of flirting with it, the Presbyterrorist Church (PCUSA) has finally decided to place a hand grenade in their mouth and pull the pin.

It is hilarious, given that their seminary is right across the street from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. For all their problems, the Southern Baptists appear to be the only major denomination that has repented of liberalism. They were steeped in it until the late 1970s, when the conservatives started taking back the denomination.

While there is much room for improvement, the SBC is not on the verge of theological suicide.

The PCUSA, on the other hand, has made quite a mess.

I saw this post earlier today, and considered responding at the earliest opportunity.

First of all, congratulations to Leah Simon (the pseudonym of the heavyset gal who, in spite of the odds, found a guy who was not merely “settling” for her). As I’ve said, people of all life situations–and body types–can and do get married.

While I highly recommend–for those men and women who are able–to exercise good fitness to include weight control, we must always be careful to note that this is not about “you’ll never get married until you get your weight/body fat/BMI down to X”.

(If they can lose some weight through good nutrition and exercise–and many can–it is within their best interests to do so. Otherwise, like Leah, the best you can do is trust God to bring a man your way.)

I would also suggest that this ought to be encouraging to folks like Martha Krienke and Lisa Anderson.

I fell into the hard-to-marry category myself. I was single for almost 43 years. At some point during my 30s, I started to realize that,whenever I met a single gal, I had two strikes on me because I had never been married. Sadly, many of the women who shot me down were also in my age bracket.

(In fact, for those women, I would have been better off having been divorced than single and never married.)

What is my point here? I eventually found someone–14 years my junior–who (a) accepted the same understanding of Biblical roles that I shared, (b) did not discount me due to my age, (c) was willing to give me a fair shake, and (d) fell within my acceptable range of attractiveness.

I’ve told the story before, so I won’t belabor the point.

But yes, I empathize with Martha and Lisa. Especially Lisa. I just hope that Lisa gives would-be suitors a fair shake, like MrsLarijani did. She will likely come across men who are in her age bracket. I hope they do the same for her.