A few simple questions to evaluate your neighborly relationships.
Read MoreChristine Hoover Friendship--or the lack thereof--became a source of insecurity, pain, and even shame for me. Who would I call in an emergency? Who would I call if I needed something?
Read MoreJack King ‘We should have the __________s over sometime.’ And then we delay or postpone the invitation. Why? Because the to-do list is always there, the gap between our day-to-day home and the presentable, acceptable-for-hospitality version of our home...
Read MoreStephen Witmer When it comes to sins of speech, many of us have lost the ability to hear ourselves. Passive-aggressive speech is all about communicating in a language that preserves plausible deniability...
Read MoreTed C. Fishman We tend to take friendship for granted, to make it secondary to other demands on our time. It is, after all, precious in part because it is voluntary, free from the bonds that keep us pressed in other relationships...
Read MoreJasmine McCain It wasn’t until I had moved back to my hometown, post-graduation, and had to start all over in finding a community that I began to realize just how much I liked to receive from my relationships...