We know our neighbors less and less as we get busier and busier.
Families frequently leave their communities of origin, ending up far from relatives and friends.
And our population is the most diverse in U.S. history. All over the world, the reality is setting in that we are mutually interdependent members of the global community. Religious groups have an immense responsibility to lead the way in bringing people together in love, cooperation, and support. Remarkably, many of the participants have never met one another before or do not know one another well. Some folks are quite different from one another.