Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Let's Discuss It over Coffee

If I could, I'd invite you to join me for coffee; I talk more and make more sense when I'm drinking coffee, so I wish I could share my coffee with you. Since I can't, I'll drink the coffee and let my keyboard do the talking. What will we talk about in this virtual coffee shop? Virtually anything. Does anyone have any ideas? Oh, yeah, you can't really talk to me, so I guess I'll have to choose the first topic.

Okay, let's start with "community". What does it mean? Should we define "community" geographically, sociologically, philosophically, theologically, psychologically, economically, or spiritually? What (or who) creates it? What destroys it? What's its function? What's the difference between "group" and "community"? Is true community really common, or is it something most of us never experience?

I have possible answers to some of these questions, but for now I'll let the questions remain, and let some of you offer your ideas. I look forward to learning from you and sharing with you some of what I'm learning, as we "Discuss It over Coffee."

Michael


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