Tag: friendship
Fridays with Fred: Like Friendships in the Night
Last year had an opportunity to speak on a topic close to my heart: friendship. It wasn’t recorded but you can listen to a discussion of it, here;you can also...
You Can't Pop Over to the Friendship Super Store
Having recently relocated, my wife and I have been taking a new route to work. When not driving I’ve been enjoying the new sites, sounds and surrounds. And a couple...
Cobelligerents Make Bad Friends
Apparently Jesus once said something along the lines of: ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ Well, no, he didn’t. But the power of co-belligerence is as undeniable as...
What a Friend We Have in Jesus, but You Can Have Others
I’m not sure how many churches sing it today, but Joseph Schriven’s poem—set to music by Charles Crozat Converse—is still widely recognised. Even though you’ve never heard of either of...
Should Friendship Be Costly?
There is no shortage of motivational quotes on social media encouraging us to rid ourselves of people who take more than they give or don’t properly appreciate our efforts. For...
Marriage Vows: Should We Forsake All Others?
“Will you love, comfort, honour and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others be faithful to her so long as you both live?” These are some...
A Eulogy To Friendship
In April the song Forgive Me Friend by Smith & Thell went viral. Listening to the lyrics brought an old post to mind. That post was about the inevitability that...
Mixed-Sex Friendships: Tackling The Charge Of Perceptions
Many years ago I wrote an article advocating for mixed-sex friendships between Christians—that is, intimate and spiritual friendship between men and women. At the same time another article, from a...
The Necessity of Mixed-Sex Friendships for Christian Faith
Two weeks ago I wrote a post exploring the implied conflict between friendship and marriage in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings. I argued that towards the...
Tolkien: Friendship Versus Marriage
Years ago my wife and I caught the end of Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings. As the stirring scenes full of teary-eyed farewells played out, my wife turned...
