I have a high school friend, Dan that I keep in contact with. Even though our paths have grown in very different directions, I'm glad we still keep in contact over the phone.

I'm a secular humanist and he's a devout Christian. He believes very strongly in a greater power better known as God where I believe that faith in such a deity is one of man's greatest challenges in making the world a better where everyone can live in harmony.

Recently, Dan and I spoke for hours at a time about his recent travels where he has grown closer to God than ever before. The conversation went wonderfully well until the last 20 minutes, where we knew we would be finishing up.

I don't blame him, but during the end, I said some things that really disagreed with him. Once our talk was over, I felt that our disagreement in world views had put some distance between us.

I knew I had to call him in a couple week/months, but knew I'd feel odd doing it. Today :) He called. I was so happy to see that our last conversation wouldn't prevent him from calling me.

Now that he did call, I realize how silly I was to think we left on a bad note. This happens all the time! We both wished each other Happy Thanksgiving and he asked me remember what this holiday is all about.

I do give thanks, just not to the same as he does.