Friday, May 03, 2024

Communitas not Community

We are called to COMMUNITAS rather than  COMMUNITY. 

In community people bond, but the reason they’re together is self-interest — It’s in our comfort-zone. 

In communitas, people bond, but the reason they’re together is self-less — It’s out of our comfort-zone. 

“Communitas is the community, the brotherhood, that is born out of an adventure, an ordeal, a challenge or a mission," says Alan Hirsch, who share  shares more in this video: