Can men and women really just be friends?
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Dani Treweek2025-01-31T12:26:00
If someone of the opposite sex asked you to pray with them during a church service, would you do it? Dani Treweek looks at why single Christian women are caricatured as threats to “good Christian marriages” while Christian men are stereotyped as incapable of relating to any woman without seeing her as a potential “stumbling block”
By my late 20s, I assumed I had already made all the friends I would ever need. It wasn’t a deliberate decision, like saying: “Sorry, I’m no longer accepting new friend applications”, but more of a quiet belief that true and lasting friendships are formed in our formative years.
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