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(More customer reviews)Is it about the Church, or about community? Maybe, these are the same thing. Some clergy have gone out to help people in need; whether from loss of relationships, loss of a job, health related concerns, and so much more. Spending time getting to know people and helping them care for themselves. This book is about one person's journey to help people at night in San Francisco in the 1960's and 1970's. It still needs to be done today, and in other communities.
The book also is about loneliness that takes over and hurts them, and many around them. Mother Teresa from Calcutta, India while giving food to the poor, said the worse thing tragically is still loneliness.
In his summary chapter he says, "The out-pouring, self-sacrificing nature of the Church has been piously talked about, but often practiced only in terms of life within the structure, not in terms of the Church in relation to the world."
Reading this can help reach out to neighbors, community members, and yes, to our own families. I would recommend it.
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