Levi Lusko: The Loneliness Epidemic Is the Church’s Wake-Up Call

America is lonelier than ever. The surgeon general has warned that chronic isolation poses the same health risks as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Harvard researchers say weekly church attendance can lower the odds of dying a “death of despair.” Yet despite the statistics and headlines, loneliness is not only a sociological issue for pastor and author Levi Lusko. For him, it’s a spiritual alarm.“You can be surrounded by people and still feel like you’re drowning,” he told RELEVANT. “Loneliness doe