Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear

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We live in a world where real friendshipis hard to find. Suspicious of others and insecure about ourselves, we retreatinto the safety of our small, self-made worlds. Now more than ever, it's easyto avoid people with whom we disagree or whose life experiences don't mirrorour own. Safe among like-minded peers and digital "friends," we really don'thave to engage with those who can challenge and enhance our limitedperspectives. Tragically, even the church can become a place that minimizesdiversity and reinforces isolation.   Jesus models a much richer vision for friendship. In BeFriend,popular teacher, Scott Sauls, invites us to see and savor the broad and deeplove of God. In twenty-one eloquent mediatations on what God's love can looklike in our everyday lives, Scott invites us to expand our circle of friends.    Scott has met too many people whose first impulse is to fence off theirlives with relational barriers that only end up starving their own souls.   Yes, it's true: Real friendshipis costly. Love does make us vulnerable. But, without risk, our lives willremain impoverished.   Join Scott in BeFriend as he summons you toward diversefriendships that can enrich your life and, in the process, reveal a betterversion of yourself.