A Vision of Community
(Read from Impact20 – 20 somethings ministry at Elmbrook Church, Brookfield, Wi)
Pot-shot positions, groundless assertions and single-issue zealotry deserve little attention and less respect.
It took me a few years to recognize this, a few more to admit it.
The discussions I was a part of … challenged me to create a more intentional, coherent vision of our community by identifying strengths and pleasant eccentricities and building on these a vision of people living differently.
Those strengths most salient and valuable lay within the non-monetary, inherently egalitarian public sphere: public parks, downtown farmers’ markets, community concerts, ethnic and cultural celebrations, the library and any sidewalk or street not ruled de facto by the automobile. Continue reading
