On Community
We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it’s slipping away?
In this very long essay (or very short nonfiction book, depending on what framing you prefer), Casey Plett says she’s going to try to define community, then immediately makes it clear that it can’t be defined. Take the phrase “the [X] community.” When I read that phrase, I think: How does this person know this…