Friendship

“Pamela Powell has embraced the topic of friendship in a deep and profound way as she takes us from Aristotle’s categories of useful, pleasant, and good to Aelred of Rievaulx’s four stages of friendship that can challenge us to encounter God as the nexus of our friendships that prepare us for a heavenly destination in which we ‘find our best selves.’”


—Henry L. Thompson III, retired dean president, Trinity School for Ministry





“This book is a celebration of friendship. It is a memoir of decades of friendship with those who ‘enfleshed’ the Spirit’s invitation to be in relationship with a loving God. The book is a statement of gratitude for the distinct gifts of each friendship. It is a book for all of us who not only want to have friends but who want to be friends.”


—Alice Fryling, author of Aging Faithfully: The Holy Invitation of Growing Older





“Friendship is a lived reality. The credibility and impact of this book emerges from this reality. It is written by someone who has lived vibrantly into its themes. For years, Pamela Powell has engaged deeply into relationships and those in the circle of those friendships have been blessed. The words in the pages of this book have been authenticated by the life that has been lived. Read deeply and learn from the number of people who call her friend.”


—Gary Nelson, retired president, Tyndale University