One of the hardest parts of adulthood is finding and keeping friends. Suddenly, making friends is not as easy as it was in college. This is especially difficult when we go through different seasons in our lives.

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A chat with Dr. Curt Thompson: It often feels impossible to be vulnerable around our loved ones. Fear and shame prevent us from revealing the deepest parts of ourselves. While this fear is understandable, vulnerability benefits us more than we might be willing to admit.

We were not built to have everything that we need in ourselves. We have to depend on other people to survive from the time we are born.

So, what does it look like to stay close and be in a deep, rich community? It looks like avoiding the traps that the enemy sets for us; traps that often derail healthy, great friendships.

Capture the depth, richness, and beauty of other cultures in the world that do deep connections and meaningful relationships differently and frankly. We have a lot to learn from them.

I found five patterns in the midst of looking at other villages throughout history. I pulled the five patterns from that season in the bible and from the way people do it now.

A year from now, your life will look different because you were unafraid and you made small decisions that changed everything.

What choices are you making instead of a community? What are the unhealthy and unhelpful things you choose to go to instead of people? Start noticing those things.

Our hope is that you're going to go out and have actual things to take with you and to apply. These are questions you can ask yourself or bring up over dinner this week with your friends.

“We say no hurry in Africa. What does that mean? It means I'm going to take life as it comes,” Jey describes the communal life in Kenya; a reflection of African communities.

You need to invite some friends over every single weekend. Y'all need to be doing book club together. It's not too late. Gather your people start back at week one of our discussions and process together this information.