Woman Ministers to Telemarketers

Once, while speaking on the topic of grace in Toronto, I asked the audience about their own experiences conveying grace to others. One woman shocked us ...

The 'Loneliest Human Being' in History Talks about Perspective

Al Worden, the command module pilot of the 1971 Apollo 15 moon mission, has the strange honor of having been the most isolated human being in history. ...

Author Learns Her Late-Husband Was 'Love-Starved'

Joyce Carol Oates, an American novelist, and her husband, Raymond Smith, also a writer, met while attending graduate school in 1960. They got married ...

Spanish "Telling Rooms" Model True Community

The region of Castile in northern Spain has a unique and beautiful way to experience deep community. The countryside is littered with bodegas, handmade ...

The Worst Possible Online Dating Profile

A writer recently created a fictitious and utterly horrible dating profile as an experiment. The goal was to create a persona so offensive—racist, ...

The Price of Our Social Disconnection

Over the last 50 years, while society has been growing more and more prosperous and individualistic, our social connections have been dissolving. Emily ...

Famous People Talk about Loneliness

Many people struggle with loneliness—from the rich and famous to the poor and unknown. Here's a list of some famous people who have been honest ...

Research Shows that Loneliness Is Deadly

According to an article in Slate Magazine, "Increased loneliness has lead to the following serous health risks”:

• Studies of elderly people and social isolation concluded that those without adequate social interaction were twice as likely to die early.

The New Social Anxiety—Fear of Missing Out

Do you have an uneasy and sometimes all-consuming fear that others are doing something or experiencing something that you're not? If so, you may be ...

Sending Tweets to Aliens

Is there something or Someone out there who is really listening to us? Does anyone care beyond our little planet? Apparently, a group of techies and scientists ...