Episode 45: At the Intersection of Friendship and Loneliness with Bridget Eileen

Loneliness. We all experience it, but not many of us want to talk about it. Let’s start the conversation here (and connect it to the necessity of friendship) with blogger and our new friend, Bridget Eileen!

Also, we got new sound effects. Also we play “Explain a Film Plot Badly.” IT FUNNY.

Also listen to the end. Producer Steve likes to hide nuggets.

 

//: Highlights:

• “I really struggled with the question, ‘How could impossibly be saved if I still have this struggle?’ It was so important to me to realize God doesn’t just save me in the past, but he is saving me in my present.” --Bridget Eileen
• “The celibate life is really not livable without friendship.” --Bridget Eileen
• "I’ve seen what a struggle [friendship] is for myself. I have been able to forge close friendships . . . but there haven't been many. There have been a few precious people here and there that I have found . . . But not everybody does find close friends because our culture doesn’t have as much of an appreciation of friendship as something that is permanent and something that you prioritize." --Bridget Eileen

 

//: Do the Next Thing:

• Check out Bridget Eileen's blog, Meditations of a Traveling Nun for more beautiful thoughts on friendship/family/celibacy
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