The silo metaphor continues, with the individual computer-silos on each person s desk. What is needed is a spider web rather than a silo. People need interconnection not isolation. The call for community is heard throughout the country. Research on congregational life - of all faiths, not just ours, says that people join churches for that sense of community, to be with others of like values.
Community is needed for multiple reasons.
It is hard to believe that all of those meetings are health giving, but in fact they provide the sense of community and connection. Hallowell reports on the physiological reason for the increase in health. When people are in community, they have an increase in hormones that promote trust and bonding. These bonding hormones are at suppressed levels when people are physically separate. This is another argument for not closing the doors of our churches in the summer.