Closer Than A Brother: An Invitation to Cultivate Friendships That Last (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798891852105)

Today's world is plagued with more loneliness and isolation than potentially any other time in history. Between the surface connections of social media and the heightened social anxiety felt collectively over the last few years, we need genuine connection more than ever, and yet it feels so difficult to make the kind of lasting friendships we crave. Instead, we seem to run into endless roadblocks of shallow waters, insecurity, transient relationships, and, worst of all, friendship breakups that leave us still feeling empty.

In Closer Than A Brother, Ledbetter uses what the Bible says about friendship and examples of friendships in the narrative of scripture as a framework for cultivating deep and intimate relationships in today's world.

By learning how to befriend Jesus and then ourselves, we can enter relationships with others with a non-anxious presence, allowing for vulnerability, depth, and lasting connection. This book will explore the idea of commitment and intimacy in friendship, which is often missed in our over-sexualized culture. With Closer Than A Brother, Ledbetter seeks to reclaim the gift of deep friendship so we can find those who will love our souls deeply and whose souls we can deeply love.