Items tagged Friends

• Open heart

  On the saving gift of friends and family.

• Late night thoughts on friends as family

  What does the biblical narrative help us understand about these relationships?

• Introverted like me

  Sorting out the mysterious ways in which one relates to others.

• Leaving home to go home

  A story of certainty and doubt on the path toward God.

• Top Ten re: dogs

  A meditation on woman's best friends, realistic about the fact that these friends can leave in ways that break our hearts.

• The other side of the bridge, or ?2 Good 2 Be 4 Gotten?

  A high school reunion inspires reflection about change and growing up.

• Somewhat unreal communities

  Critics of virtual community laud the face-to-face experience, but what happens virtual reality comes to church?

• Community in the country

  Practicing Resurrection 2006 gathers like-minded folks from diverse places and backgrounds.

• Returning to the why of music

  A journey comes full circle…or does it?

• Sand sculpture and the body of Christ

  An annual event on Lake Michigan is a lesson in community.

• Top ten New Year’s predictions

  A report on a family and friend tradition to mark the turning of the year.

• Piled up

  How our housekeeping tendencies can shape our identities in relation to others.

• Grace-pitality

  A rambling vacation yields delight, generosity and gratitude.

• Second impressions

  On learning to see a space through the eyes of hospitality.

• From Buster to Batman

  The blessings and curses of growing beyond imaginary friends.

• Outside looking in

  Remembering Simone Weil and a middle school band of misfits.

• Ten ways to make your house more hospitable

  A list about hosting guests that could double as advice for how to live one's life.