The “friendship depth gap” and the power of transparency
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Americans are increasingly lonely even as social media gives us more ways than ever to stay connected. New research suggests the problem may not be how many friends we have, but whether those relationships are deep enough to sustain us when life becomes difficult. From our carefully constructed “idealized selves” to a surprising warning tucked inside the book of Judges, Scripture and experience point to what our self-reliance may be costing us. What would it take to close the distance between being known and being truly known?
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