Posts Tagged ‘Being Friendly’
Who you gonna call?
The coronavirus has left all of us vulnerable. What we “thought” we could control, our jobs, our health, our future, we now know what internally we all suspected. We really can’t control anything. We never could, but we would fool ourselves into thinking that we know it all and could do it all. So as…
Read MoreA simple view of friendship
I’d like to suggest a simple view of relationships that has served me well. Years ago I attended a seminar in Colorado. I still remember hearing an explanation that there are basically four levels of friendships that become deeper and more significant as you grow. Level one is what is called an “acquaintance” friendship. This…
Read MoreCountry Music and Loneliness
Don’t hate me, but I’m going to let out my true self. I love country music…at least the new stuff. I’ve been known to play it from time to time. I was listening to my new favorite by Kenny Chesney called “Get Along.” The second verse starts like this: “Saw a model on a billboard,…
Read MoreFriendship
At some of the bigger teachable moments in his disciple’s lives, Jesus would often eat with them. He would break bread with them. Whether it was in the Passover at the Last Supper, eating fish at the Sea of Tiberius or inviting himself to dinner at a tax collectors house, eating with someone symbolic of…
Read MoreFRIENDSHIPS – Issues of Community
If you have kids, you might remember the nursery rhyme that goes something like this: “The animals went in two by two, Hurrah! Hurrah! The elephant and the kangaroo, Hurrah! Hurrah! The animals went in two by two, the elephant and the kangaroo.” Pretty catchy lyrics, huh?! The two by two part reminded me of…
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