“Friends” Articles

The Belchers are both a representation of actual families—as real as an unvarnished food display—and the ideal we should aspire to.

But the idea that people go through a stage of “friends as family” and then graduate into “real” family is one I find to be a less-good story.

Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Chandler, Joey, and Ross gave us something greater to aspire toward: togetherness. 

Sometimes it takes a “landline” and a little bit of getting up in each others’ business to see exactly how much friendship works for our good.

For adults who don’t have a family of their own, Friends-giving is a trend that provides much-needed communion in the loneliness of the holidays.

If the sinless Savior desired community in a time of suffering, how much more do we need friends?

The strength that comes from friendship is the grounding force that gives me the courage to do what I otherwise could not, that enables me to persevere through circumstances that I otherwise could not.

It hurts everywhere. In Beirut, in Paris, in Syria and in Missouri, USA, in all the many, many places I forgot to name.

Vulnerability requires proximity, but we live in an age when we have the power to minimize our proximity to the vulnerable more than ever before.

Neither Barney nor Joey are good guys. The show that pretends they are is the one that’s flawed.