The internet, Christian Twitter, meditation apps, podcasts, websites like TGC—these can all be helpful as part of our Christian lives. But they can also be unhelpful if they replace or take precedence over the local church. Without a solid rooting and deep embedding in a local church and specific Christian community, one’s faith can become chaotic and scatterbrained, abstract and untethered, tossed about by the all-over-the-place whims of whatever this or that website, tweet, or YouTube video declares. Far from a constricting burden, the local church is profound gift from God. It frees us by limiting us, situating us in a tangible place, with real people we can know and be known by, with real neighbors we can love and serve.