{"id":9891,"date":"2014-07-13T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T17:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=9891"},"modified":"2014-07-28T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:47:18","slug":"youre-invited-to-my-birthday-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2014\/07\/youre-invited-to-my-birthday-argument.html","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re Invited! To My Birthday Argument!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2014\/07\/Twins-6th-birthday.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9892\" title=\"Twins 6th birthday\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2014\/07\/Twins-6th-birthday-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My birthday is still about a week away, but my friends and I are celebrating tonight in the best way\u2026 with assigned reading and an argument.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Two years ago, I got my friends to all watch Stephen Sondheim\u2019s\u00a0<em>Company<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Passion<\/em>, and then we had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2012\/08\/sondheim-symposium-sequence-index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">a symposium on the nature of love that spilled over onto the blog, with guest posts from some of you who watched at home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, I emailed everyone a collection of excerpts from the Friendship\/<em>Philia<\/em> chapter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0156329301\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0156329301&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=unequyoked-20&amp;linkId=ZZ7J7DS5KRGHJTFN\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">C.S. Lewis\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Four Loves<\/em><\/a> and we\u2019re convening tonight to discuss them after we watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltheatre.com\/production\/details\/merrily-we-roll-along-stephen-sondheim\/play\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Digital Theatre recording of\u00a0<em>Merrily We Roll Along<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0Then we\u2019ll have another symposium, this time on friendship. \u00a0And, look! \u00a0The cast of\u00a0<em>Merrily<\/em> is already warming to the theme:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Roz_Y7D8GRk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Roz_Y7D8GRk<\/a>\n<p>This Sondheim musical technically has a happy ending, but that\u2019s because it\u2019s about the dissolution of a friendship and plays out in reverse chronological order. \u00a0It lends itself well to arguments, as you kibbitz over who\u2019s to blame, and which requirements of friendship were neglected by whom. \u00a0Plus, this production is\u00a0<em>great<\/em> (it\u2019s a notoriously hard show to stage successfully).<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019d like to join the party, I\u2019ll be posting about the musical and the readings next week, and all y\u2019all are welcome to contact me about guest posting if you\u2019d like to join the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and if you\u2019re interested, the extra credit reading for this party is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0879079703\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0879079703&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=unequyoked-20&amp;linkId=GBXGBHD27NVVZD7H\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aelred of Rievaulx\u2019s\u00a0<em>Spiritual Friendship<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ETA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2014\/07\/sondheim-symposium-on-friendship-sequence-index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">all the posts in this series have been collected here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My birthday is still about a week away, but my friends and I are celebrating tonight in the best way\u2026 with assigned reading and an argument. 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