FROM THE PULPIT: "YOU HAVE NEVER, EVER HAD A FRIEND LIKE JESUS"

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Sunday, August 17, 1997

Another school year is poised to being and with it friendships will be made and renewed. My own 6-year-old son is about to embark on this journey as he begins kindergarten. As I anticipate his future friendships, I thought back over my past friendships and wondered: what is it about others that we become friends with them and what is it that causes friendships to fade and fall away? The reasons are far too numerous to enumerate now, yet common interests seem to be the most basic reason.

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