Freedom in Unlikely Friendship

The friendship between Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg has to be one of the unlikeliest. “‘When you work with someone like Snoop, it’s like having a sidekick. How great it is,’ Stewart once told PEOPLE. ‘That’s why all the comedians have sidekicks and bands because it loosens them up and lets them be freer. Snoop is my freedom.’ In 2016, Snoop told The Hollywood Reporter that Stewart is his ‘homegirl’ and that they ‘have a special bond that goes way back’” (Ilana Frost, “Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg’s Friendship Timeline,” People, August 5, 2024, https://people.com/food/martha-stewart-snoop-dogg-friendship-timeline/). When we are open, rather than sequestered to our comfortable and often uniform groups, we find opportunities to love well, grow in empathy, and share our real-life faith struggles and victories. This is why we can and should invest in relationships outside our church buildings through work, community service, schools, or other volunteer opportunities. If we want to have a voice in the lives of others, we must give them a reason to want to listen. Faithfulness isn’t just for Sundays; it’s for every day.