A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
Myers proposes several forms of belonging and challenges churches to treat intimacy as only one valid kind of connection.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It makes belonging more concrete by distinguishing public, social, personal, and intimate spaces. The model can reduce the pressure to force every meaningful relationship into maximum closeness.
Good starting place if…
You keep expecting one church, friendship, or group to meet every need for belonging and want a more realistic way to understand different kinds of connection.
Know before you begin…
Myers writes from a Christian ministry context and offers a practical relational model rather than a research synthesis. His categories can clarify expectations, but real relationships do not always fit them neatly.