The Divine Self

We've taken a look at the necessary ingredients for meaningful, authentic community. Now, we return to the big questions we hope such a...

There are lots of different kinds of communities that meet different needs for people. We've been exploring what intentional components ...

A lot of communities are familiar with boundaries. Boundaries are often used to define who is an insider and who is an outsider. Religious c...

Even in a community where people are engaging in mutual self-disclosure, mutual hospitality, active and unconditional love, and honesty, the...

Honesty is a fourth essential ingredient to meaningful, authentic community. Honesty is obviously necessary for self-disclosure, and honesty...

One of the most challenging things about self-disclosure and hospitality is that we have so much fear about our actions being used against u...

When we cross the threshold of vulnerability and allow another person to know us more deeply, we are conveying a certain amount of trust tha...