Presenter: Josiah Wheeler

Today’s western culture is marked by depression, anxiety and loneliness. As marriages fail and loneliness becomes an epidemic, it may be good for us to question the basis of our view of commitment. Western culture suggests: look out for yourself—become who you were meant to be—and then find the relationships that will support your purpose. Yet God’s plan flips this equation on its head—He created us with an innate need for connection that is best met by reaching out and offering love-service to someone else. As we fit our individual lives into the concentric circles of marriage, family and community, the ripple of our choices will start to reverse the culture of loneliness and isolation all around us.