Episode 7 (Season 2) Relationships: Intimacy in Friendship Guests: George Hanson, David Newman

About the Episode:
We invite you to join us today to hear from two longtime friends, George and David, as they share about the importance of intimate friendship. A lot of times, we’ll present a facade of whatever we think is acceptable and whatever will gain our approval. If you’re accepted for your facade, you’re not really known for who you are. So, you’re lonely because you’re really not known and you’re really not accepted. But if you have a friend in your life who really knows what’s going on and still accepts you, then you’re really not alone or lonely. As David shares, the devil does his best work in isolation.

We learn from George and David about how to hold an intimate friendship, and how to go deeper. David guides us in sharing that it’s all about the questions you ask:

• How’s your marriage?
• What are you most afraid of?
• What are thinking about?
• What is your happy place?
• Are you abiding in Christ?

George and David discuss how the most important thing is just to listen. When we start talking and there is someone to listen, the light shines on our lives, and we can almost counsel ourselves. We just need someone to listen sometimes.

Despair may happen. One of the things you want when that happens is a deep friend who you can turn to in those times. During one of these times for George, David shared the following and we hope it blesses you as much as it has blessed this wonderful friendship: ”Do all you can do today. Go home and be with your family. God gives us enough grace for today. Don’t borrow worry from the future.”

About our Guests:
George Hanson grew up in Florida and moved to Dallas in 1990 after graduating from Florida State University. He attended Southern Methodist University, earned his MBA in Marketing, and held several Marketing/Sales roles with companies such as Pioneer Electronics, Nokia, and Intuit. During the Great Recession, he transitioned to insurance and opened a Farmers Insurance Agency in 2010. He started attending Park Cities Presbyterian Church in 1991 and is currently an elder there. He met his wife Jennifer in the singles ministry, and they have three wonderful children: Haley, Laine, and Chase.

David Newman grew up in Dallas and graduated from the University of Texas. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Family Legacy Ministry, an organization that seeks to glorify God by serving the vulnerable and orphaned children of Zambia so they can live up to their God-given potential. Prior to joining Family Legacy, he was the President of Newman Graphics, a division of ColorMark Printing located in Carrollton, Texas. He has been at Park Cities Presbyterian Church since it started and currently serves as an elder and co-teacher of Believers Fellowship Class. David is married to Leslie, and together they have three children: Bryan, Margaret, and John David.

About the Host:
A graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mark Davis came to PCPC as our Youth Pastor in 2003 and became our Senior Pastor in 2009. He and his bride, Kristina, met at a Young Life Camp in 1988 and have five amazing kids, Kara (and husband, Drew), Madalyn (and husband, Jack), Cayden, Esther Kate, & Samuel.

Resources:
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For any follow-up questions from this episode or ideas for future content, please email us at deeplight@pcpc.org

Key Quotes:
“We are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or heading into a crisis.” – Mark Davis

“There’s another level of friendship where you ask important questions. And sometimes the most important thing is just to listen. When we start talking and there is someone to listen, the light shines on our lives and we can almost counsel ourselves. And we just need someone to listen sometimes.” - David Newman

Verse to Pray Over:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” - Galatians 5:22-23

“For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.” - 1 John 2:16

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