Let me paraphrase what I heard from this young mother: "Life is a series of concentric circles of connection. I am connected to myself, then to my family, then to my community, then to my city, my country, the earth, and finally to God. If a step is missing along the way, it makes the rest of the connections more difficult. As passionately as I feel about my family, I need to also have that passion about a larger group of people. As much as I love humankind, I have to love a smaller group first. For me, the connecting circle between my family and God is the neighborhood in which I live."
— Nancy Fuchs, Our Share of Night, Our Share of Morning