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Away From Help and Towards Community

Ray Thompson -
One of the most inventive people engaging neighbors in community building is Ray Thompson. In his April 2011 newsletter he writes a soulful reflection on the perils of helping. His website www.thompsoncrg.com offers a community-centered, people-focused look at neighborhood possibilities for creating a satisfying...
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Notes on John McKnight and “The Gift of Fallibility”

Ferrell Foster -
I’m attending an amazing conference in San Antonio titled “Our Abundant Communities: Neighborly Nourishment in the Wilderness.” Here are my notes from John McKnight’s session titled “The Gift of Fallibility.” (The following notes are close to being quotes but there is...
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Notes on Walter Brueggemann and “The Food Fight: Accumulation and Abundance”

Ferrell Foster -
A conversation with Walter Brueggemann at Trinity University’s 2011 Willson Lecture "Our Abundant Communities: Neighborly Nourishment in the Wilderness" Ferrell Foster (left) and Walter Brueggemann   I'm attending an amazing conference in San Antonio titled "Our Abundant Communities: Neighborly Nourishment in the...
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Our Abundant Communities

John McKnight -
John, Peter and Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann explore themes of power and patriarchy; human fallibility and gifts; and accumulation and abundance in building and sustaining community in these uncut videos from their two days at Trinity University, San...
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Thoughts on John’s Recommended Reading

Leslie Osborn -
When I asked John what he would recommend to read,  he gave me the six titles in this list. These books all hail from the 1970s — a period in which social institutions in the U.S. were very much under fire. ...
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Peter Block and John McKnight with Wayne Hurlbert – Part Two

bluefish -
Excerpts from Peter and John's comments on The Abundant Community – Part Two This is the second part of the transcribed excerpts from Peter and John’s interview with Wayne Hurlbert of Blog Business World. In Part One, they explored the...
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Peter Block and John McKnight with Wayne Hurlbert – Part One

bluefish -
Excerpts from Peter and John's comments on The Abundant Community – Part One This is the first set of transcribed excerpts from Peter and John’s interview with Wayne Hurlbert of Blog Business World. Here, they explore the background and conceptual...
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A Conversation with Peter Block

Seth Resler -
How to encourage movement toward an abundance mindset? In an interview with Seth Resler, Peter expands on  thoughts from his speech accepting Linkage's Lifetime Achievement Award. Read interview.
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Choices

Shawn Gavin -
I choose who to invite… the residents… the citizens of our community… those who live here… I decided to leave out of the conversation… for now… the established local leaders… those who already have a platform…a voice … I choose to have...
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You’re Invited

Shawn Gavin -
After months of thinking about it… I am ready to host our community’s first civic engagement... I have to think about where to hold the space… the location… who am I going to invite… open to the public or invitation only… do...
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The Community Center

Shawn Gavin -
Our city does not have a town square for residents to gather… however, we do have the Frances R. Healy Community Center, built by a group of civic volunteers in early 70s, and it just happens to be located in Chamberlin Park,...
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Days in the Park

Shawn Gavin -
Invite them and they will come. Part of our marketing campaign to attract people to our annual city park festival involved distributing fliers door-to-door to our city of 5,750 residents. A group of volunteers took the initiative to not only...
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Sunday Sermon: The Abundant Community

Shawn Gavin -
...open the door, go out and have conversations. Recently I was having a conversation with a pastor from a local church, talking about our annual fundraiser for our community park. He had asked if there was anything he could do to help....
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Summer Break Is upon Us

Ray Thompson -
As schools throughout the country cut back, there are new possibilities for neighbors to become a "village that teaches a child." One of the most inventive people engaging neighbors as producers is Ray Thompson. In his July 2010 blog...
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Judith Snow’s Gifts List

Judith Snow -
Notes on the Gifts and Assets That People Who Are Vulnerable to Rejection Commonly Bring to Community by Judith Snow Hospitality making people feel happy listening Grounding slowing people down, reorienting people to time and place leading people to appreciate simple things ...
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A Million Souls

Kevin "Doc" Klein -
We struggle and suffer Just like a million other souls Who, for lack of connection See themselves separate from each other’s story And therefore feel deeply alone and dissatisfied   We escape the world Just like a million other souls Through television and drugs, through shopping and...
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Nurturing Our Taro Patches

Jimmy Toyama -
Written for Paradise Post, Hakalau, HI Early this year while scrolling through my usual volume of email messages, there was one that caught my attention.  It was from Peter Block, writer-speaker-consultant, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Peter, as some on the...
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Journey through My Abundant Community

Shawn Gavin -
Recently, I created an opportunity to make a difference in my community. I ran for city council and won! Although political campaigning and holding public office is not on my resume, I have marketing experience, enthusiasm and passion. Add...
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You Really Can Get Something for Nothing

Margot Adler -
Story from NPR Morning Edition March 13, 2009
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Weaving Community

Cathy Park -
Thoughts on the Recent Community Building Workshops Run by Peter Block in South Africa by Cathy Park I recently relocated to Cape Town and some days I feel like I’m the only one who is alone in a café (trying not...
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