Spiritual Friendship: Learning to Be Friends with God and One Another

Acknowledgments

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Urban Light Community Church, for modeling faithful friendships; to Greg Peters and Ryan Carter, for their wise editorial feedback and to the team of teams that make up the Sacred Roots project, especially those who are regularly in the trenches with me—Isaiah Swain, Eric Himelick, and Bob Engel among many others; to Dan Bowell, Ashley Chu, and the staff at Zondervan Library, for their ongoing help with accessing resources on Christian friendship; to Isaiah Swain in particular, without whom this volume may never have finally come to completion and who spent countless hours laboring on various research and editorial items; to Samuel, David, Renee, and Isaiah, for being willing to explore friendship between parent and emerging adults; and to my best friend and “delight of my eyes,” Johanna, for your patience and for modeling a continuous pursuit of the face of God.