Friendships are at a premium these days. In our busy and disconnected world, people find it hard to find the time to build deep friendships. We have a hard enough time to spend enough time with our own physical family, let alone our spiritual family.
Churches need to think about this as we plan our meeting times. Are we worshipping together as a crowd of strangers at times? Paul teaches in I Corinthians that acceptable worship of God includes caring about each other.
How can we build better friendships in the church? Women are better at sharing feelings in building friendships. Men, as a whole, bond better around tasks. I tend to think that our small group ministries should be built around Bible study, ministries, and other interests. We will need to explore the best use of our meeting times as we respond to the changes in our culture.
