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This guide to community building and personal growth can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose--a message we need more than ever for our spiritual and emotional well-being in the age of COVID-19.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"After half a decade of research and hundreds of conversations with people around the country, I am convinced we are in the midst of a paradigm shift. That what used to hold us in community no longer works, and that the spiritual offerings of yesteryear no longer help us thrive.\"--Casper ter Kuile\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat do Soul Cycle, gratitude journals, and tech breaks have in common? For ter Kuile they offer rituals that create the foundation for our modern spiritual lives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe are in crisis today. Our modern technological society has left too many of us--no matter our ages--feeling isolated and bereft of purpose. Previous frameworks for building community and finding meaning no longer support us. Yet ter Kuile reveals a hopeful new message for the spiritual but not religious: we might not be religious, but that doesn't mean we are any less spiritual.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstead, we are in the midst of a paradigm shift in which we seek belonging and meaning in secular practices. 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With wisdom and endearing wit, ter Kuile’s call for ritual is ultimately a call to heal our loss of connection to ourselves, to others, and to our spiritual identities.             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