Made to Belong: Five Practices for Cultivating Community in a Disconnected World

Even though we are connected more than ever through digital devices and social media, we still find ourselves feeling lonely and disconnected.We are asking questions such as: Who are my people? How can I build meaningful relationships? Where do I belong?Author and pastor David Kim shares his experiences with loneliness as a Korean American immigrant and delivers compelling research about belonging that includes the revolutionary five practices for developing meaningful relationships. As the discipleship pastor of WestGate Church in Silicon Valley, Kim decided to research the reasons why-and uncovered surprising answers.In his survey of more than 1,300 Christians, Kim discovered that the number-one common struggle is loneliness. We crave life-giving relationships and community yet realize they are difficult to find and cultivate. We want to belong, we just don't know how. When we are left to ourselves, Kim says, we naturally drift away from God and others, and we begin to believe the li