In Chapter 8,  Sojourning With Heart,  Schultze observes:

Many lonely, rootless individuals seek solace online,  particularly when they cannot find it in person. Although a digital “place” cannot possibly provide the levels of neighborliness and hospitality we need for community,  some of those surfing the cyber-diaspora do find temporary comfort there. (p.191)

So my question is this:  At the very least,  is there not a “call” implied here?  Is there not a ministry in “being there”,  at least for the desperate ones?  I am not so condescending toward the cyber-community seeker (as in those “lonely , rootless individuals” who go online because they are some kind of social misfits).  My expererience tells me that these “save havens” that supposedly exist in traditional communities and religious traditions that Schultze holds up as the “solutions”  have failed in so many cases,  and many of the people leaving these failed insititutions have ventured online,  and some find personal contact,  and so me do not.  Online,  failure happens, too.  It’s not as simple as “most people who seek online community are lonely , rootless individuals”. There’s much more to it: Read on in  “Too Quick To Judge”