Posts Tagged ‘Christian Friendship’
Christian Friendship and the Necessity of Forgiveness
Like all areas of Catholic spiritual growth, keeping a Christian friendship strong requires some conscious, deliberate effort. We need to cultivate and nourish our friendships by giving them the gift of time and by consecrating them with a relationship with God. Unfortunately, even when we take the time and effort to carefully nurture our relationships,…
Read MoreDon’t Mistaken Social Justice for Charity
Christian friendship is incredibly important to our spiritual growth. Christ calls us to charity – a grace-filled, self-sacrificing love that fills the hearts of others with the love of God. Our Catholic school has taken up the cause of helping our local food pantry by providing meals for people in transitional housing. The food pantry…
Read MoreSocial Skills – See People for Who They Really Are
Is Love Blind? If we want healthy relationships, we need to practice specific social skills from friendship building. The old saying, “Love is blind” comes from literature. Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare both used the phrase for satire and comedy. But our culture embraced it as a truism meaning that love overlooks the details of…
Read MoreHow Christian Friendship Keeps Us Accountable
There are many benefits to Christian friendship, from making us smarter to teaching us how to love. Another potent benefit of friendship is its ability to make us better people. A good friendship can form our character in three powerful ways. Friends Form the Atmosphere of Our Lives Our friendships form the atmosphere of our…
Read MoreNurturing Christian Friendship with the Gift of Time
A good Christian friendship is a gift from God. But like all areas of Catholic spiritual growth, keeping a Christian friendship strong requires some conscious, deliberate effort. In any relationship you want to nurture, the best thing you can do is to give the Gift of Time. Catholic author and speaker Matthew Kelly calls this…
Read MoreChristian Friendship Can Make You Smarter – Who Knew?
There are many benefits of relationships that make conscious, deliberate cultivation of Christian friendship worthwhile. Friendship leads us to the enlightenment of intimacy. It also gives us much needed support in life. Another wonderful benefit of friendship is the help that other people give us in making judgments about our lives. Relationships can greatly improve…
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