How do we live in the most connected generation and yet feel so alone? What do we do when we find ourselves struggling with loneliness?
Author and lawyer Justin Whitmel Earley argues that loneliness isn't the way God intended for us to live because we were made for deep and intentional friendships. It was his own journey through a season of depression and anxiety led him to discover the power of spiritual disciplines including the practice of embodied community. In his latest book, Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship, Justin looks at how we as a culture have gotten to this epidemic of loneliness and how we can find our way back to what God has for us when it comes to friendship.
In this episode, Davey talks with Justin on how spiritual disciplines can help us in our suffering, the ways in which our daily decisions are forming us and how to combat loneliness with true, Christ-centered connection.
If you are struggling with feeling alone even though your life is full of interactions each and every day, this conversation will help you recognize how to take the first steps towards the life-giving friendships God has for you.
Website: https://www.justinwhitmelearley.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwhitmelearley/
Book: The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose in an Age of Distraction
https://a.co/d/jc0XVmY
Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
https://a.co/d/gNVJHGk
Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
https://a.co/d/akLPtMI
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Want to see healing and life transformation after the pain you've encountered? Check out the Pain to Purpose course and start the path towards healing today: www.course.nothingiswasted.com
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