Community
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Community
“Where kin are relations of kind, kith is relationship based on knowledge of place—the close landscape, “one’s square mile,” as Griffiths writes, where each tree and neighbor and robin and fox and stone is known, not by map or guide but by heart. Kith is intimacy with a place, its landmarks, its fragrance, the habits of its wildlings.”
―Lyanda Lynn
... See moreOver time, the word “kith” has been twisted in meaning and lost its distinctiveness.
When kith and kin first started to be combined in the late fourteenth century, they were understood as country and kinsfolk. Just as kith and kin is a plural idiom, so it enclosed a plurality of meanings: home, place, neighbours, friends, family. Then, as is the way
... See morea community is defined not by common interests or physical space, but as “a group of people who share mutual concern for one another”. It’s the difference between someone you feel you could call on for help in the event of a 3am plumbing emergency, versus “someone you technically ate pizza with” once.
Elle Hunt • I want community – but am I prepared to put the work in?
Features of a sustainable community: First, there’s a clear group identity with understood boundaries and purpose. Members know who is in or out and why they’re together. Second, benefits and costs are proportional. Members have a system that rewards contribution. Getting more benefits than others must be earned, or the group will collapse. Third,
... See moreCharles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
I’ve often wondered what it is that holds a community together — and what being in Community truly means.
I’ve often wondered why it is so very difficult to bring people together to create something novel yet ultimately needed by many — to improve lives, to move the needle, to share experiences and let those who need to hear it, that there is a way... See more
I’ve often wondered why it is so very difficult to bring people together to create something novel yet ultimately needed by many — to improve lives, to move the needle, to share experiences and let those who need to hear it, that there is a way... See more
We can grow up in the same country
Live on the same block, be from the same family
And still come from such different sets of circumstance
From such different sets of circumstance
Live on the same block, be from the same family
And still come from such different sets of circumstance
From such different sets of circumstance
Reaction
These seven steps are simple, but they are not easy. It takes a lot of effort to restore a relationship. That’s why Peter urged, “Work hard at living in peace with others.”26 But when you work for peace, you are doing what God would do. That’s why God calls peacemakers his children.27
Rick Warren • The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Walking itself has not changed the world, but walking together has been a rite, tool and reinforcement of the civil society that can stand up to violence, to fear, and to repression.