Eager (Not Too Eager) for Friendship

Eager (Not Too Eager) for Friendship

It is a hard reality that in the very things most important to us we make missteps, sometimes precisely because they are so important to us. Friendship is a standout example. An insight from a master of friendship can help us make our eagerness for friendship an asset...
Is Friendship a Fairy Tale?

Is Friendship a Fairy Tale?

I saw the world differently after reading in Chesterton (in The Ethics of Elfland) that fairy tales help us see that reality is more wonderful than we can imagine. This is profound; our real-life situation is better than a fairy tale! This is perhaps nowhere more...
3 Ways Children Can Grow Our Friendship

3 Ways Children Can Grow Our Friendship

It is proverbial that children are a unique bond between spouses. More than just a psychological bond, raising children (in the broad and rich sense, which takes a lifetime) is the single greatest natural catalyst, context, and cause of growing marital friendship. A...
That I Might Be Seen

That I Might Be Seen

The hard conversation with a loved one comes to an impasse. A welter of feelings resolves into one overriding pain: I don’t feel seen. In the end the greatest suffering is to be, or feel, alone. And to feel unseen is the very heart of loneliness. Josef Pieper...

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