And that old church bell calls every seeking soul to all three. I have a teacher who says our worship, as Christians, is made up of equal parts of sign and signification. We'd be poorer without both. Someone pointed out to me the other day how men and women are different in what you might call intimacy. But the picture of male intimacy would be two men standing shoulder to shoulder looking out, looking ahead.
Women simply enjoy each other's company.
Maybe women can teach men something about friendship. You can just take pleasure in another's company. I heard a speaker say recently that our North American society sends out mixed messages about sex. He said he can remember two messages about sex from his own growing up. On the one hand, we want to affirm that sex is good.