Stories for a Friend

How do you live a spiritual life in this world? And how do you find love? These five related stories explore, through one young man, those eternal questions. A different girl in each story helps to provide an answer, illuminating the meaning of friendship. There is loneliness in life. There is suffering. There is sin. Yet there is also a path toward happiness. In essence, this collection of stories is about one man's search for God, the Friend.

We meet Colin in the first story when he's in college. A girl in one of his classes sits next to him, leading to an experience that can barely be imagined. In the second story, he finds another girl on a social networking site, with reality and idealism mixing together. A bizarre television show appearance, along with a confession for all the viewers, follows in the third story. In the fourth story, a high-school acquaintance shows up, bringing true faith to light. Finally, in the last of the five, Colin meets and becomes friends with a child on a cruise ship. It isn't going smoothly for them on the melancholy sea. Help must be sought, especially in the darkest moments.