Relationships

Because Words Matter: The Importance of Sharing Your Gratitude With Others
As a teacher, the start of the school year means many things: student documents to read, a classroom to unpack, and an inbox br...

How To Talk to Those Who Disagree with You—and Still Love Them
A few years ago, during a Saturday session of my doctoral class called “Critical Issues in Educational Leadership,” we compared...

Lessons on Gratitude From a Leper
So many times when I come to prayer, I have a list of all the things I want God to fix in my life — my temper, my relationship ...

The Bond of Authentic Friendship
St. Anne and St. Joachim were married, St. Felicity and St. Perpetua were young mothers, St. Ignatius and St. Francis were room...

Practical Steps to Cultivating and Keeping Female Friendships
In 2010, we were all introduced to the now popular holiday known as Galentine’s Day by the loveable Leslie Knope of Parks and R...

Do I Have Good Friendships?
In recent years, community has become a popular concept in Christian circles, and for a very good reason. In a cultural moment ...

When It Feels Too Strategic to Evangelize
My wife and I first met Carlene shortly after we moved to Halifax. She was dating a friend of ours and it felt as though we hit...

The Small Group That Changed My Life
I was not planning on being friends with her. In fact, at one point when we had met years before, we later admitted to one anot...

Relationships
We were created to be in relationship with one another. How do we love, serve, honour, and cherish one another as Christ comman...