I am not religious and have no desire to start being now but sometimes I just want the community people get with church. I am craving connection with the community and feel it’s very healthy for families and neighbors as well. The United States is seriously lacking in third spaces and communities. It’s leading to a serious loneliness epidemic… Just wondering if there is anything that can fill that need for non-religious folks?
Quakers run the spectrum. Some are just pacifist hippies and some, although they tend to be the older crowd, are still pretty theologically committed to being actively religious.