137: How To KEEP Friends

Brent’s bad jokes are back and Stephen’s first impressions, he shares how a listener corrected him...

What does the ease or difficulty in making friends possibly say about someone?

We need to “practice” upkeep on our friendships:

Intentional time and meaningful conversations

Can we have deep friendships without regular or frequent contact and conversations?

Do friendships have to wane when we enter different phases in life?

Friendships require courage and fear will destroy or prevent intimacy in a friendship:

We must confront and resolve issues

We must care enough to speak hard truths, and vulnerable enough to receive them.

Friendships require Grace and forgiveness

Why do we need to ensure that we keep "the good" in our definition of friendship?

Why is making friendship so hard? How does our proximity and culture influence this?

How can the church help us to make better friendship?

How does a healthy relationship help us see how to remove the wrong ones?

How does learning to have good friends help marriage and culture?

What do I do when I have a worship lyric I don't agree with?

What do we think about Francis Chan's new view on communion? What is our view?