Let’s begin with Community
Community is a dynamic whole that emerges when a group of people:
- participate in common practices
- depend upon one another
- make decisions together
- identify themselves as part of something larger than the sum of their individual relationships
- commit themselves for the long term to their own well-being, to each other, and to the group
*Adapted from “Creating Community Anywhere” By Carolyn Shaffer and Kristin Anundsen
This website and the primary subject in my book Your Quest for Home is building community. It has occurred to me that I have not yet provided a definition of community here on the blog. I include this adapted definition of community on Page 63 of the guidebook.
Let’s take a few moments to unpack it.
The original quote from Creating Community Anywhere by Shaffer and Anundsen is as follows:
What is Community?
Community is a dynamic whole that emerges when a group of people:
participate in common practices; depend upon one another; make decisions together; identify themselves as part of something larger than the sum of their individual relationships; and commit themselves for the long term to their own, one another’s, and, the group’s well being.
