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“Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.” (Proverbs 18:24, NLT) Some friends don’t play games. They’re all-in with you and they’re in it for the long haul. We call them Companions. The Companion is...

Mike was in a bad place. He was heartbroken after an arduous courtship. Everyone has a story of unrequited love, but Mike’s was unique in that the object of his affections wasn’t a person, but a church. He’d applied for a pastoral position and been...

Nothing says warmth and comfort like a fireplace scene on a holiday TV show. One of my favorite scenes is in the Saturday Night Live sketch called, “Best Christmas Ever.” In this one, Matt Damon and Cecily Strong play a happy couple, snuggling by the fire,...

Do you remember Debbie Downer, the SNL character famously played by Rachel Dratch? Debbie had a knack for dropping depressing comments while hanging out with her friends. When someone says, “Happy New Year!” Debbie might add, “One year closer to...

Leslie Higgins is a man without a desk. When introduced in season one of Ted Lasso, he’s the object of derision for his boss, the butt of endless jokes, a loveable doormat. But in a defining moment, he takes a stand and is a man transformed. Everyone loves an...

“Do you not know that a leader and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?” (2 Samuel 3:38) I was seven years old when the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. I’ll never forget the non-stop announcements on the radio in our home. As a little boy in...

“I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.” – Maya Angelou Today, I present to you the one and only, Maya Angelou. As anxieties about a worldwide pandemic give way to anxieties about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we can find strength in her...

“The writer’s job is to tell the truth.” – Ernest Hemingway I’ve been stuck since the new year began. I had a writing rhythm and lost it. Once you lose your stride, it’s hard to regain it. If you feel like a kid who’s fallen off their bike and find it daunting...

“But the fact is, Greg, with the knowledge you’ve been given, you are now on the inside of what I like to call, ‘the Byrnes family circle of trust.’ I keep nothing from you, you keep nothing from me…and round and round we go.” In the...