Photo Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Creative Commons Guest Post by Ed Underwood [This post is Part 5 of a 5 Part series, Sustaining Friendships] Years ago, before I started thinking about the difference between a sustaining relationship and mere acquaintances, a man I thought was my friend walked out of my life. He was […]
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Photo Credit: Abhi Sharma, Creative Commons Guest Post by Ed Underwood [This post is Part 4 of a 5 Part series, Sustaining Friendships] It was a Monday morning and I wanted to quit. After the adreneline overload of a Sunday, I’m ready to quit just about every Monday. But this one was different. I was on
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Guest Post by Ed Underwood [This post is Part 3 of a 5 Part series, Sustaining Friendships] I don’t trust transparency. There, I admit it. I’m done with transparency because I learned a long time ago how to use it to get my way or to impress people with my openness. Whether in relationships or
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Guest Post by Ed Underwood [This post is Part 2 of a 5 Part series, Sustaining Friendships] We all want them–sustaining relationships, those friends I talked about in Part 1 of this series. Even as kindergartners, our little hearts longed for a friend we could depend on. We need people who won’t let us down at
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[Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing a series by one of my friends and mentors, Ed Underwood, on sustaining friendships– a topic critical for our every day lives as Christians and for all those in leadership.] Guest Post by Ed Underwood In the early, early morning of Saturday, April 12, 2008 I was
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