I think The Benedict Option and Dreher's more recent book "Live Not By Lies" are worth a read. My main takeaway from The Benedict Option was to physically relocate to a strong religious community and then bind your family to that culture. "Strengthening families and communities, and thickening our ties to each other and to our churches." Pursuing this option would be a very intentional, purposeful, physical move to tie a person closer to their church and lessen the chance of falling away from their faith. Then, "Raise your kids to know that your family is different - and don't apologize for it... It's about imbuing kids with the conviction that there are some things that people in our family just do not do- and that's okay." That is all more easily accomplished if you're embedded with like-minded people. He goes a little further into "society is crumbling... be prepared" territory with Live Not By Lies. It's almost a book for preppers concerned about an authoritarian government overtaking America. "Christians should educate themselves about the mechanics of running underground cells and networks while they are still free to do so." And on a more basic small community or family level, "Leaders of small groups must be willing and able to carry out catechetical ministerial, and organizational roles normally performed by institutional church leaders who may be unable to do so under the law." Scared yet? I looked at all of this from the potential receiving end of folks interested in escaping their challenging communities and relocating to like-minded towns. I live in a rural county in Kansas that is in the top five in the nation of LCMS adherents per capita. A few of us from our church have wondered what it would take to further enhance our status as a "Lutheran Redoubt" for anyone who would like to be totally surrounded by fellow Lutherans. We are very rural, but our Lutheranism is a unique and special reason to live here and raise our family here. Maybe this is why I read Dreher's book the way I did... I wouldn't necessarily need to relocate to a church community, because I'm already surrounded by my church community. But maybe amplifying the joy of our Lutheran faith is something on which we could focus. He provided some narratives I could use.