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======Community I - Different Types of Community ...======
Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Humans need and have community. We would not be able
to live without it. But community can take place on many levels. As a starting
point, let us just go over the list ...
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**What types of community ...**
Kids have community with their parents. Infants live in a very close way with their
mother and father. When kids grow, of course this community changes, every year it
will transform into something different. It is quite fascinating, to experience
community between parents and kids.
We have community with a partner or a friend. Marriage is the deep bond which can
be our strongest community day by day. But also friendship is important, with
exchange and joint activities, with reliability and advice for all parts of life.
There is also community with colleagues, with customers and with contractors. When
we work we live in a network of relationships of different type, and all of them
establish particular types of community. Community is there with other kids in
school, with other students at university, with fellow participants in courses and
programmes.
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**Community with the Lord ...**
The bible speaks of community with the Lord. He is the beginning and the end - and
he wants a relationship with every human. The New Testament puts this community
into the centre of its attention. For humans, community with the Lord is the most
important thing, since from there we can start to adequately live and build other
relationships.
The community with the Lord is special. It has elements of other types of
community. But first of all, he IS the Lord. He is infinite and without limits.
We are, however, finite and full of limits. The community with the Lord cannot
be on equal terms, though it is built on freedom. He wants us to be his
children. He wants us to trust in him. He wants us to believe him.
The community with the Lord can grow, as other types of community. It may start with
little things, with my wish to get to know him. It can start with a little prayer,
when I turn to him and tell him: Lord, here I am! Come into my life! The community
with the Lord can turn out to be fantastic. Living with a being which is wise and
full of love, truth, and courage is an experience beyond limits ...!
(Roland Potthast)
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