Communitas Collective

In his book, Insurrection, Peter Rollins addresses the concept of changing the system by acting independently of it.  My friend, Kevin Shinn, addressed a similar approach in relation to the…

This post is part of this month’s synchroblog, Calling Us Out of Numbness and it lays out a new vision for CC. This month’s topic played unbelievably into my hand…

During a recent visit to Missouri, we pulled into town very late needing to stop at the all night service station near our hotel to remove many hours worth of…

From the last portion of the most recent podcast. Well, I have an announcement. We will be on summer hiatus for the next five weeks. I have so much going…

Here is a little further information about how TheCommon.org works narrated by a cool sounding Brit.

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Service. It is not an annual event. It is ongoing. Community. It is not a weekly activity. It is a way of life. But it is hard to get people…

What do you do when you have the opportunity to visit with your family from out of state, especially, when one of them is your six-year-old grandson? Well, you set…

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  I threw my notes away and this is what happened. By the way, I am glad I did! I love it when there is the light of discovery and…

I talk about grace, inviting people into community, and the value of hearing other people’s stories. There is a picture of every person who has been on the program in…