{"id":35447,"date":"2023-10-13T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/americans-turn-away-from-community-organizations\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:22:00","slug":"americans-turn-away-from-community-organizations","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/americans-turn-away-from-community-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Turn Away from Community Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his book <em>Adrift<\/em>, New York University professor Scott Galloway writes:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We used to be more involved in our communities. 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