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Oh, but that would require so much commitment, sacrifice, and humility! Exactly.

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Here is the American Sociological Review's study "Social Isolation in America," and a Washington Post article that followed.

Norman Rockwell's "Freedom from Want" is at the Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont and other sites.

Social isolation is a hot topic in medicine and sociology, as it has been found to be deleterious to our health in general but to have especially negative effects our elderly population. It is also linked to death a higher heart disease risk for men.

By all means, read CT online, but make sure it doesn't cut too much into your social time; internet use is linked to social isolation.

Here are some reflections from someone on the receiving end can be found at Subaru Swamp blog;

Washington State University School of Public Health planned and implemented an intervention, called Family Friends, to alleviate social isolation and connect people to local churches.

An editorial by The Baptist Standard says this study presents a challenge and an opportunity to the church.

Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam also addressed the issue of social isolation several years ago. Putnam looked at Saddleback church in his newer book, Better Together, reviewed by Books and Culture. "Bowling Alone No More" presents another idea for social integration: sports.

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November 2006, Vol. 50, No. 11