Holy friends are those people who challenge the sins we have come to love-they know us well enough to see the sins that mark our lives. It isn't difficult to find people who will talk with us about sins we already hate. But the sins that we love we tend to hide from others and even from ourselves. This is why we need other people to hold us accountable.
L. Gregory Jones, dean and professor of theology, in his "Faith Matters" column "Friends" in the June 27, 2006, issue of The Christian Century
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