In the rock musical Hair, one of the characters asks the question, "Oh, how can people have no feelings? How can they ignore their friends?" She then goes on to observe that it's often hardest to care about those closest to us.

Lots of things written about churches warn us about turning inward and ignoring the world "out there." In the words of the Hair character we are to be people "who care about strangers, who care about evil and social injustice."

But as the Hair character asks, "Do you only care about the bleeding crowd? How about a needing friend? I need a friend..."

It's not only about the bleeding crowd. The person sitting next to you in the pew needs you, too.

What do we care about? Each other - that's as good a  place to start as any.