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We're In A Hyper-connected World, And There's A Crisis Of Connection. The First Thing That God Says About Woman And Man In The Bible Is That It's Not Right For Humans To Be Alone. Social Media Interaction Cannot Take The Place Of Face-to-face Interaction. If Anything, It Prevents Us From Doing That. We're Staring Into Our Screens For So Long That We're Forgetting To Look At The People Directly In Front Of Us.

We No Longer Just Take Religious Identity From Our Parents, So What's Going On? Why Are People Going To This Series, Why Are People Reading So Many Books About Religion? It's Because They Want Answers. The Answers Are No Longer Just Passed Down From Generation To Generation. It's Harder For People. In Effect, You Have To Roll Up Your Sleeve And Ask The Questions. But If You Do It, If You Forge Your Own Identity, It Can Be Much More Personal And Much More Meaningful To You.

After A While, A Surprising Theme Emerged. The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Family May Be The Simplest Of All: Develop A Strong Family Narrative.

The Bottom Line: If You Want A Happier Family, Bring Those Skeletons Out Of The Closet.

I Think That Most Of The Action In Religion Is Around The Home, Is In Families, And Is In Individual Lives, And They Can Go On Their Own Searches, Watch Their Own Tv Shows, Read Their Own Books, Form Their Own Groups And Discuss It, But That's Where The Action Is - On The Home Front.