There are two basic ways to be joined in friendship with someone else. I can be attracted to the goodness and beauty of the person, or the both of us can be mutually attracted to the goodness and beauty out there in the world. When I am focused on the other person, and they are focused on me, we call …
‘I-Thou’ and ‘We’ Communions in Dating
I hope it doesn’t offend to say that there is a lot of confusion out there in the dating world. I’m going to offer a helpful distinction that will ground the two main things to discern in dating for marriage. This distinction is between the two ways we bond with others. There’s a kind of communion that’s based on a …


