When I got up to write this morning’s blog, the timing seemed just right for bringing this whole theme of friendship to a close. I have to say, as I’ve looked at the number of hits on the blog…
I don’t know who said this first, but I was told at an early age, “If you want to have a friend, you must be a friend.” Undoubtedly, you were given the same little adage, as well. For goodness…
Reminder – Public Service Announcement: Advent Devotional based on past blogs, entitled “I Dropped Baby Jesus” available by clicking on the link. XXXX In an earlier post, I mentioned that friendships are discovered along the pathway of our lives. Yet once…
Public Service Announcement: Advent Devotional based on past blogs, entitled “I Dropped Baby Jesus” available by clicking on the link. XXXX Here’s a focal verse for the week. It’s found in Proverbs 17:17(a). Ponder it. It’s only six words,…
Gotta tell ya, I’m a little discouraged as I sit to reflect on paper about friendships this morning. I’m not one to dwell too long on the negative, and after three weeks of unfriends, I rather want to throw up…
To repeat: This week, we play Sherlock, and stalk “the scoffer (to mock, deride, be disdainful…literally, one who makes a mouth at).” After, wading through many passages in Proverbs, allow me to share a tale of two young women.…
Three verses have been driving the direction of this blog for the last couple weeks, and at least another more. Here they are: A righteous man chooses his friends carefully (Proverbs 12:26a). Be not deceived, bad company corrupts good…
Many years ago, Bay and I sat with a seasoned youth pastor over lunch. He was a gentleman greatly respected in the field. I don’t remember what brought up the topic, but we entered a conversation about friendships, and…
A few weeks back I spoke at a women’s retreat, and over four sessions, summarized the topic of joy (that was not easy trying to condense). At one point during the retreat, a friend asked me a question. Her…
Who doesn’t remember Michael W. Smith’s most popular Christian hit? In just .29 seconds, I found approximately 2,170,000 hits on the internet when I Google-searched for it. Released in 1983 and written for a friend who was moving away,…