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sacred music for the season of l, Lutheran Public Radio.org. This is for all the lonely people thinking that life has passed them by.

Have you heard about the loneliness epidemic?

Maybe you not only heard of it, maybe you're part of it.

It's also called the Friendship Recession.

So why is it that, especially... the Friendship Recession.

So why is it that especially among young people and young men, it's harder and harder to find

friends?

And what does the church have that not only provides an opportunity for

friendship but actually for the kind of friendship that Jesus offers that the world

cannot give? Greetings and welcome to issues etc. Live on this Friday afternoon, February the

16th. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We're going to be talking with

Pastor Lance O'Donnell about Friendship and Loneliness. We'll spend some time with Dr. Jordan Cooper

discussing the presence of Jesus body and blood in the sacrament of the altar.

Then an hour from now we'll study the hymn of the day for Ash Wednesday

from depth of woe. I cry to the our guest will be Dr Arthur Just

Pastor Lance O'Donnell is pastor of St Paul's Lutheran Church in McConnell-McCain-Womack

Wisconsin he made a presentation at Concordi Theological Seminary Symposia titled Rediscovering Philadelphia The Importance of Friendship in the 21st Century Congregational Mission and Pastoral Formation.

Lance, welcome.

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