The Politics of Friendship Archive

How To Deal With Unfriendly Friends

Posted on September 27, 2011 | 4 Comments
I really thought I was going to kick that football this time around. If you grew up on Charlie Brown cartoons like I did, you know where I’m going with this. If you didn’t, here’s the very pathetic tale of Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the...
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The Politics of Friendship: What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Posted on September 20, 2010 | 12 Comments
I will never lie and say I’m a people person. I really like helping people and I can know someone for 10 seconds and become endeared to the person, but for real, and for the most part, folks get on my nerves more than a...
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Smart Love (UPDATED)

Posted on January 1, 2010 | No Comments
So let me tell you about Jesus real quick: The other day I spent about an hour trying to navigate the Politics of Friendship, trying to determine what God requires of me when it comes to loving people and how to love people who have...
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The Politics of Friendship, Part Deux: Forgive & Remember?

Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
Now and again it seems a waste of time attempting to understand the mind of God. He is, indeed, unfathomable. Take, for example, His declaration that: “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no...
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The Politics of Friendship: Frenemies

Posted on December 6, 2009 | No Comments
“You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em” Politics is a game. At times, a bloody chess match filled with calculated moves and discretely executed strategies. To further mix the metaphor, a “successful” politician never shows her hand, always wears...
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