Friendship is more than an optional extra. It is a need each of us has. We need to receive and give friendship. Without it we will not grow to be the people that disciples of Jesus should grow to be. After all. Jesus had friends. He needed friends, and he needed to be a friend. …
Will Willimon observes, in Accidental Preacher, that the promises of marriage are future intent, not present activity. They presuppose challenges to faithfulness will come, and that promise will be needed to undergird service when circumstances would otherwise deter us. There’s no such thing as instant friends, which is why the Service of Marriage is in …
Friendship as a trusted and faithful custodian of someone’s story, of being a friend to them through the accumulation of knowledge that might otherwise isolate us. An interesting observation from Sammy Rhodes. The hard work of friendship is entrusting your heart to another and risking your story while at the same time holding your friend’s …
This clip features a Steve Martin and Stephen Colbert singing a song about friendship that includes an important lesson about the nature of true friendship and then ends with them both singing a version of their song that I found strangely encouraging, for some reason.
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