<p><b>I'm surrounded by people at church . . . so why do I feel so alone?</b></p><p>You show up at church every Sunday. You see people you know. You listen to a sermon together. And then you go home feeling just as isolated as you did before. What's going on?</p><p>We all know that a church is supposed to be a community. The trick is to actually make it one. Communities don't happen by chance--certainly not in our Lone Ranger culture that values individualism. A truly Christian community must be built by intentional practices which draw from our union in Christ.</p><p>In <i>A Field Guide for Genuine Community</i>, Ben Connelly shows that the biblical model for community is the family of God. The church isn't meant to be a collection of strangers. God wants you to find a unified and purposeful household where you truly belong.<br/></p>