3 Ways to Feel at Home

Rediscover Your Place in the World

A few years, as we prepared to move from one home into another, I read a book about the role of place in our lives. The author, David Goodhart, divided people into "anywheres" and "somewheres."

Anywheres derive their identity primarily from their career and socio-economic status. They could live in London or Los Angeles or Shanghai. They often work in technology or finance.

Somewheres derive their identity from the institutions and culture of their local communities. They often live in the same town where they grew up.

Of course, this categorization oversimplifies our identities, and some individuals overlap.

But Goodhart describes the way the number of anywheres in the world has grown over the last several decades, as the number of somewheres has declined. While he was writing about Great Britain, his observation rings true in America as well.

What does this mean for our future? Can we derive wisdom from the Bible in addressing it?