"To Love Your Neighbor, You Must Know Your Neighbor"

When we moved into the complex, we thought a lot about “how hard it is to meet your neighbors.” And when we discussed the idea of a get-together with the few people we knew in our building, they also commented that it is “tough to have community in the suburbs.” But we were all wrong. It is not difficult to get to know your neighbors—it is simply not something most of us value. The result is a culture of seclusion, and that culture strains our society in a surprising number of ways.

The title for this piece comes from a recent article at the Gospel Coalition.

Our seclusion also exacerbates the psychological strain on our mobile population. College students, unmarried adults, and any other “single member households” often find no support net for tragedies, depression, or even major life decisions except from their peers.

Hmn... if I think about it I suppose that going through candidacy last year is about when I hit burnout. Candidacy examples are basically equivalent to comprehensives. (With the proposal and prep work, think of a few months of extremely little time for anything else - I didn't even have time to cook for a week or two).