We've Got The County Covered
As I contemplate retirement from the ministry, I am reminded of all the friends I have had through jobs in school teaching, nursing, pastoring and just plain living and raising children. The blessings I have received have been so daily and so abundant that I could never make a list.
But in most lives, I suspect, we call some of the people we meet acquaintances and/or friends: some we remember with fondness, some we may never want to see again, some we want to see again but do not because of circumstances beyond our control or beyond the effort. However we define (or don’t define) the people we...