I went to the Lincoln Unitarian Church, and I liked it right away. It was a place to go to listen to a very intelligent discussion of ideas. His sermons tended to be the most thoughtful, stimulating intellectual conversations I heard every week. I d written a great piece. That s the first time I ever saw my writing up on a board and got positive comments from someone outside the family about my writing.
Churches can build communities, for one thing.
We are in this really fragmented culture. Everybody needs a community, and churches are one of the best sources of community. A good share of the sickness in this culture has to do with the fact that we re so age-stratified. And churches are especially bad about this. They have special groups for older people and for young adults.