“Loneliness” Articles

Sometimes church is a collection of broken, lonely people who might be exiled from other faith communities, and who long to know their worth.

Page by page in Wait with Me, Jason Gaboury encourages us to see these pockets of loneliness as places we can ask God to wait with us, meet with us, and make us more whole.

Wendy Alsup joins this conversation to help us reconcile our current historical moment—which is full of loss and fear—with our tendency to sidestep pain and suffering.

In Elsa’s story, I see a path that Mary might also have taken as she learned to lean into the delicate whisper of God’s voice. In her humanity, Mary had to learn to say “yes” over and over again in the small things.

Dear Evan Hansen teaches us there is no substitute for true community.

While Phantom Thread works as a metaphor for the difficulty of relationships (and the conclusion is not to be taken literally), it also provides a picture of spiritual pursuit.

For adults who don’t have a family of their own, Friends-giving is a trend that provides much-needed communion in the loneliness of the holidays.

The loneliness derived from my own anger and bitterness only lasts for as long as I want it to.

“And here’s some more good news about your loneliness: It might just be shortening your life.”