Looking For The Middle: The Christian’s Guide to Modern Dating

Top 5 CouchCast Rewind: How to Let a Guy Know You're Interested

Here we are... #3 in our Top 5 CouchCast Rewind. This is by far the most asked question we get! It can be tough figuring out how to let a guy know you're interested without becoming the pursuer. In today's CouchCast, we went directly to the experts and asked one of our guy friends the best way to really communicate this to them. We also talk about some of our go to flirting techniques so there's that too! ;)

Top 5 CouchCast Rewind: How to Spot Red Flags When Things Are Going Well

Up next in our Top 5 CouchCast Rewind is #4... How to Spot Red Flags When Things Are Going Well. 

Sometimes, when things are going really well with this new guy you're seeing, you can overlook things or have blindspots about him because you want it to work out so badly. It's natural! We all do this to some degree. But, then we find ourselves getting hurt the same ways over and over. So, today we're taking a look at how to avoid this common frustration!

Top 5 CouchCast Rewind: I've Never Dated, What Do I Do Now?

We're counting down the days to season 6 and while we do, we're revisiting our top 5 most popular CouchCast episodes. We have almost 85 of them! These are questions we still get a lot too so hopefully this will help everyone get the answers they need without having to wait too! :)

CouchCast: Answering Your Questions About Biblical Sexuality w/Kristin Priest

This is a special extended CouchCast! We sat down to chat with Kristin Priest about her work to create a space for Christian women to have their questions about sex and sexuality answered in a way that always points back to Jesus. We are asking her the questions you all have asked and she has great wisdom and insight to share!!

 

Kristin is a married Christian woman based in Northern Michigan. She created and facilitates an open space for women to ask questions and talk about sex through her Instagram account @bare.with.kristin. Her desire is to remove the shame surrounding sex in Christian circles and to encourage open conversations that lead back to God, because He is the creator of sex, and He cares!

CouchCast: How to Bring Up and Talk About Differing Preferences/Viewpoints

Surprise!! We're back a week early! We had originally planned to come back next week and resume CouchCast before the new season in February, but we decided kind of spur of the moment to go ahead and record this yesterday... We missed you guys :)

Be sure to listen for a fun announcement about next week's CouchCast too!

12 Days of CouchCast: Day 12 - Is it Wrong to Have That One Person Who Will Always Have a Special Place in Your Heart?

I can't believe day 12 is here! This has been so fun hanging out with you guys everyday for the past couple of weeks... we hope you have enjoyed it too! Today, we're taking a deeper look at the question of whether or not it is wrong to have someone who was maybe a crush or an ex that you just never really got over and still kind of hold on to a little. We're discussing the ramifications that could have on your future marriage as well as some ways to get over that guy once and for all.

12 Days of CouchCast: Day 11 - How Long Should We Continue to Date if I'm Not Sure I'm Attracted?

This is the million dollar question! It's so hard to give a specific time frame, but we try to give you some things that will frame your decision... however long it takes. What's informing your attraction? What are your requirements to be attracted to someone? How much do other people factor into this?

12 Days of CouchCast: Day 10 - Dating a Co-Worker When "Work" is at the Church

Dating in church is hard enough. Add on top of that the fact that one or both of you works for the church and it can seem almost impossible! We're looking at some ways to avoid the potential awkwardness of this situation.

12 Days of CouchCast: Day 9 -2021 Words of the Year

You guys know we each pick a word of the year each year. For 2019, Kristen's word was "Hope" and Bethany's was "Purposeful". We're taking a look back over the past year and what we've learned as well as talking about what our words for 2021 are and how we picked them.

12 Days of CouchCast: Day 8 - How Do You Handle Seeing a Guy on a Dating App that You Go To Church With?

Do you swipe on him? Ignore it? Bring it up in person? I know from experience that when you see someone you know on pop up on the screen in a dating app, you freeze and a million questions immediately run through your head. Today, we're tackling a few of those questions and giving you some tips on how to handle that potentially awkward situation.