by Monty Self | Apr 29, 2021 | Opinion
Loneliness is on the rise and this will have significant consequences. The Health Resources and Services Administration recently used U.S. Census data to confirm that more and more Americans are living alone. Over 35 million (14% of all U.S. adults), now live by...
by Cecily McIlwain | Mar 29, 2021 | Opinion
How do we encourage people who are in the midst of deep loneliness? As someone who disciples teenage girls, I have certainly been asking myself this question. Faith communities at large have been feeling the impact of loneliness and isolation in a whole new way in the...
by John R. Landgraf | Dec 3, 2020 | Opinion
No sane person would say, “I do not want any friends,” but plenty of people who say they have lots of friends have none. I know; I was such a one. You may have many acquaintances and tons of family members, neighbors, co-workers, fellow church members (or if you’re a...
by John R. Landgraf | Dec 2, 2020 | Opinion
Pursuing romance is easy compared to the pursuit of friendship. That’s an important observation drawn from my four decades as a pastoral psychotherapist. In America, few people marry whoever just happens to show up in their lives. They date and court, and by and...
by John R. Landgraf | Dec 1, 2020 | Opinion
There’s a famous country song called “Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places.” People spend a lifetime doing just that. This is the first of three articles about what I have learned about looking for love in the right places. At the start, I need to confess that I...
