But isolation from suffering stunts spiritual formation. I had gone 12 years without deep mourning. Community forced me into relationship with a small circle of people, who are becoming closer than family. Community is not just a place for the suffering to find comfort but for the comfortable to find suffering. Click here for reprint information on Leadership Journal.
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