This looks like an interesting website. I found it through a link in the Sojourners enewsletter which is a sermon by Yonce Shelton called "Still Bowling Alone?". The premise of the website is found in this quote:
The Saguaro Seminar issued the report Better Together, in December of 2000, calling for a nationwide campaign to redirect a downward spiral of civic apathy. Warning that the national stockpile of "social capital" --- our reserve of personal bonds and fellowship -- is seriously depleted, the report outlined the framework for sustained, broad-based social change to restore America's civic virtue.
I hope to explore this website more in the future. I think the collapse of American community is a fascinating subject. I would also say that it isn't just American community that has collapsed. My experience is that community in our churches has collapsed as well. How do we reestablish community in our churches which appears to currently be a counter cultural idea?
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