Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World

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I've moved a lot and often found myself at a loss for friends, waiting for someone else to initiate a conversation.

The first ever walking group I joined was through facebook, and though I found it incredibly scary the first time I went, it was one of the best things I ever did. Thus, as Allen shows, we can only maintain basic relationships with about 150 people, and within that, we can only handle about 50 people as real acquaintances. In Find Your People, Jennie Allen shows us how to build deeper, stronger relationships that point us to Jesus and help us live out our God-given purpose. Since God has eternally existed in the fellowship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to be made in his image means we are irreducibly social beings.

And while being on the road provided plenty of life-giving interactions with other women, reentry at home often came with a sting. We were stretched thin relationally, and as a result, we were also feeling pulled apart at the seams. As Mahatma Gandhi said: “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. Equally, I have been on trips abroad with friends and groups of people who do drink, and while it might sound daunting, I had the most fun ever, while remaining completely sober.

I believe there can sometimes be a period of exile in this process as you shift from who you used to be, to who you are becoming. For example, Sober Girls Society organise events where members of their community can meet each other. Learn how to build trust, communicate effectively, and work efficiently with our team collaboration guide.

We believe that faithful proclamation of the gospel is what our hostile and disoriented world needs. When Share My Location is turned on, you can share your location with friends, family and contacts from your iPhone or iPad with Find My. I would suggest asking your "Sage" if they like having everyone unload on them rather than assuming it. My journey continues, and I would recommend you start yours today with this in mind when you hits those road bumps of self-doubt.

Although we could have chosen to live anywhere, we felt drawn back to the small college town where we’d met, got married, and started our life together. Jennie Allen’s new book, Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World, would have given us a roadmap for our predicament.Even if you wouldn’t go out for drinks, you acknowledge each other’s skills and contributions to the team. My dear friend Jennie Allen shows us how to make true emotional connections with the right people so that our authentic relationships can be healthy for all. In a world that’s both more connected and more isolating than ever before, we’re often tempted to do life alone, whether because we’re so busy or because relationships feel risky and hard. In Find Your People, my dear friend Jennie Allen shows us how to make true emotional connections with the right people so that our authentic relationships can be healthy for all. He had picked up on something: Our friends were spread across a large city, our family and closest friends were six hours away, and my pastoral role led me to serve across four campuses of a fast-growing church.