I wrote yesterday about some of my community being online, and it certainly is - I relish the opportunities it affords to stay connected with folk that would otherwise be distant. And I'm also a fan of local community building. Yesterday found me at one point in my pjs ringing a neighbour's bell as part of a stray dog hunt. And then later wielding a rake and gardening gloves, helping to plant and tidy in the park - and as you know, I don't even like gardening.
Neither were moments I'd have necessarily actively planned, yet I chose to do both, and enjoyed each. We've been watching DIY SOS big build, me n my girly, and we both enjoy seeing communities turn out to help.
I know there is no such thing as a single community and react against such classifications such as 'the Muslim community' as it denies heterogeneity as if there were one definable body when there isn't. In fact my thesis banged on about this at length.
I also know that building communities is fab and I'm proud to play my part in many that I'm part of. Right now I'm off to wave newspaper palm branches at Sunday school, then head to a fab community where lots volunteer with meals on wheels, look after each other's pets and welcome me whenever I turn up. The beauty of my smartphone is that I get to take my online community with me too. Thanks for travelling with me :-) Hope whatever you are involved with today is lovely :D
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