Where do you meet your need for community? We find community with those whom we have regularly unscheduled contact.

Going to church on Sundays doesn't count, though it can be a good place to meet folks.

Small groups are good, but don't really count either. I remember getting together in a number of small groups that never did anything else with one another. We didn't have community.

Dorm life can be great for community. Everybody is in close proximity - you can hang out in one another's rooms.

Take the same building and fill it with apartments and you can extinguish the possibility of community.

I'm in a bit of a community desert these days. Too much travel and work has made me inaccessible. Maybe the old watering holes seem a little dry now.

I'm going over to Jeff Hylton's tonight to play cards and watch football. I care about the Falcons and hope they beat the Packers, but as much as anything, I'm hoping to connect with friends. I need more unscheduled connection - how about you?