Greetings friends of the Community Table! Today we would like to revisit a few of our offerings that highlight the beauty of us coming together for the common good. Enjoy!
Go Out in the World - Inspired at a gathering of the Community Table one Monday by the words - collateral renewal by Steven Charleston - in Dancing Faith, let my heart ripple out. Like many others before me I understand that we are all interconnected. And as I think of how I have been renewed by nature, by friends, and by family - I embrace the idea that open hearts and kindness can spark a fire of renewal for us all.
Rippling out
Last night we gathered at the Community Table. A small group hoping to find some calm in the storm. Each of us facing our own blizzards this winter. Each of us wanting to believe that the unimaginable is possible. That we matter. Each sharing the ways we believe we can make the world a kinder and more gentle place for the most vulnerable among us.
Positive Proximity - Dar Williams, singer-songwriter, activist, and teacher in her book What I Found in a Thousand Towns, ignites my imagination over and over again. In this post she talks about how social capitol is built much like putting money in a bank account. How when we contribute to and participate in our community - it blooms and grows. Many of us think - what do I have to offer? Williams tells us that a single small act by one person can start the ball rolling.
October 15, 2024
“Out of the positive proximity that builds in spaces, we start to accumulate social capital. Social capital, like financial or political capital, is a kind of bank account. The community coffers of goodwill are filled up with acts of people who sew costumes for school plays, weed out the broken tricycles at the local park, or donate a bench down by the …
What do I do? - Michele Gibbs recounted her story to Akasha Gloria Hull stating for her figuring out what to do was a function of what are my gifts? What do I want to do? And not living in the shadow of what others expect or ask of us. In this knowing the seed of self can bloom and spark - and we all have that!
May 18, 2025
“As she expressed it, "What do we do now? What do we do? How can we get a handle on not only our community but ourselves?" Having asked this basic question, she volunteered her response:
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I am grateful for the Community Tables being offered online on Mondays with the variable start time of 4:30pm ET facilitated by Jean Richardson and the 8:00pm E T facilitated by Barb Harris and Christine Capaci.
I look forward to these conversations as they have become both an anchor offering solid ground in the midst of all that is unsettled around us, and a doorway to mindful ways of recapturing joy, hope and peace --- in community.