BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Oct. 15 -- Samford University posted the following news release:

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Beeson Divinity Alumnus Working to Alleviate Loneliness in Silicon Valley

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After Dan Stockum, MDiv '08, moved to Silicon Valley in 2016 to join the staff of Bridges Community Church in Los Altos, people back in the South often asked whether the culture shock was real.

"Yes, but not in the way you think," Stockum told them.