On being a friend Audio version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/177-ofCYBMyeP472Sgm8K8EE5LKwydJ-K/view?usp=drivesdk I read somewhere once that human beings are not individuals that choose to relate to one another but that we are inherently social creatures…we are made for friends. I remember also reading someone commenting that they were not looking for a friendly church but a church where they can make friends. So what is it about friends that we value so much? We need to take care in using the word friendship as it can imply an almost abstract quality or principle, as in “ I am looking for friendship” or “our friendship is going through a rough time” etc. “I am looking for a friend” or “my friend and I are having a rough time” has a more personal, intimate and in my view valuable sense to it. It keeps central the unique person on the other side of this conversation, the other partner in this dance, the other traveller on this journey. The gift of friendsh
stillpoint is an offering and a space for busy people doing life and faith. A 5 minute read will hopefully stimulate thought and reflection on how the ordinary details of life can be shot through with wonder and significance. For folk within church, and those getting by perfectly fine without, there should be something here for all of you. After all, we only have this "one, wild, wonderful life" so let's celebrate it.