“When we hold an ideal of friendship in our minds, believing it’s attainable, we hold a standard above the heads of real women God has placed in our lives, and then we wonder why we’re constantly disappointed by the realities,… — Christine Hoover Copy Share Image
“Within the church, good questions and good listening kill the assumptions we make about others that often exacerbate divisions and gaps between us. How… — Christine Hoover Copy Share Image
“Vulnerability feels risky because it involves embracing weakness and imperfection. Image-keeping feels far less risky because we believe it protects our sensitive areas from the judgment of others. For some reason, we believe impressing other women will lead to connection and community, so we expend effort on building an image rather than revealing ourselves. But until we lay down our… — Christine Hoover Copy Share
“we must never move our gaze of hope and longing away from fellowship with God. He is guaranteed—a sure and steady anchor for our… — Christine Hoover Copy Share Image
“God allowed the difficulty of church planting to sift me, to bring the issues of my heart to the surface. I realized that if… — Christine Hoover Copy Share Image
“When we hold an ideal of friendship in our minds, believing it’s attainable, we hold a standard above the heads of real women God… — Christine Hoover Copy Share Image
“Because where we name common need, we can also name common grace in Christ and grasp him together.” — Christine Hoover Copy Share Image
“Friendship is hard to come by because a lot of people don’t voluntarily choose to enter into other people’s worlds or into their pain.… — Christine Hoover Copy Share Image
“God was giving me a friendship do-over, and I determined to learn from my false starts, mistakes, and all those seedling friendships I’d never… — Christine Hoover Copy Share Image
