Last week, I shared a story and a lesson on how to begin sheltering friendships in my blog. This blog post is a lesson on how to continue doing so. Throughout my years of homeschooling and serving in leadership roles within churches and nonprofit organizations, I’ve had the opportunity to run many events. One spring, I was leading a two-day tournament where students spent their time delivering speeches—again and again, in multiple rooms, to multiple audiences.…
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We usually think invitations arrive in the mail, engraved, and personally addressed, but every day, we receive invitations in the most unexpected ways. Recently I was asked by a teammate to go pick up some materials at a mutual friend’s home. Our friend is no longer able to help with the work. I said yes to go not just to pick up the materials but also to see our friend and personally express appreciation for…
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4 CommentsPart 1 of 3 And friends are friends foreverIf the Lord’s the Lord of themAnd a friend will not say never‘Cause the welcome will not endThough it’s hard to let you goIn the Father’s hands, we knowThat a lifetime’s not too longTo live as friends Michael W. Smith I wasn’t on Oahu one week before the connection with Cathie was made. After talking to an Air Force family that used the same homeschool curriculum I…
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