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Aug 2023
51m 33s

The Hardest Part of Friendship; When It’...

JEN HATMAKER
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We’re back with our “For the Love of Community and Friendship Series, and this week, we delve into an area of friendship that all of us may face, but inevitably dread. It’s that moment when you know a friendship has run its course, or perhaps has become toxic, or you’ve just drifted apart–and you don’t know how to go forward. When life changes, when we chang ... Show More
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