Friends, not Lovers
Lovers are absorbed in each other. They stare at each other and they talk about their love for each other. C.S. Lewis said that friendships have to be about more than each other (The Four Loves). Friends stare at something else, something in common. Friends talk about something else, they talk about what they both have in common. It’s their common interest(s) that drives their friendship further. A friendship has to be about something: “Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow-travelers” (The Four Loves).
It seems to me that lovers can be going nowhere and be pretty happy. Where are you going? Is anyone going with you?
Tags: friends
February 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
this message would be great to give in your “FACEBOOK SERIES”. but a better title for it in that serries would be “Add Friend”
February 4th, 2009 at 10:04 am
if aboveground: ever does a series entitled “The Facebook Series” please come in and shut it down Elliot Ness style.
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:19 am
Ken -
I’ve been thinking as we aspire to be relevant to our community we should really think about what is most relevant to those we lead. So, I propse that for the summer we should talk about “Twitter” “YouTube” or “Facebook.” I think we have the capabilities to really make something great out of a series on one of those.
Love,
Tommy
March 13th, 2009 at 9:56 am
how about instead of gathering together each week for community, worship, and teaching we just send out pithy statements over twitter?