You’re not alone.

This seems like a huge trend in religion and spirituality in the United States: people are finding ways to meet their spiritual needs outside of a formal environment.

In this article, Dissatisfied Jews, Christians Share Ideas, dissatisfied Jews connect with Christians who have found ways to bring their faith into their daily lives outside of services.

Admonishments to believe in God and attend services regularly aren’t enough to help people make sense of today’s world, said Wade Clark Roof, a professor of religion and society at University of California, Santa Barbara.”There’s a very general sense of wanting to find ways to embody faith - to live it,” said Roof, who spoke at the conference. “There’s a very deep quest within the culture for that and you find it broadly based.”