Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and FearECPA Christian Book Award Finalist (Faith and Culture category)Is real friendship too risky? We live in a world where real friendship is hard to find. Suspicious of others and insecure about ourselves, we retreat into the safety of our small, self made worlds. Now more than ever, its easy to avoid people with whom we disagree or whose life experiences dont mirror our own. Safe among like minded peers and digital friends, we really dont have to engage