Communication for Community by Barry Casey

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Communication for Community

Published on Nov 06, 2015

We are blessed to communicate—this wondrous thing—as John Dewey called it. This is a meditation on communication for community through humility, grace, and faith.

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Communication

for Community

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"Of all things, communication is the most wonderful."
— John Dewey, 1939

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1859 - 1952

Transmission model

Control others from a distance

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James W. Carey

1934 - 2006

ritual view

together in fellowship

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Transmission

Extension of messages in space

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Ritual view

Maintenance of society in time

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Communication is a symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired, and transformed.
-- James Carey

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I do not need more advice, but strength. I do not need new information, but courage and freedom . . . in the gospel.
Walter Brueggemann

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We are known

. . . and loved

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Transcendence

a Breathing-in of the Spirit

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A faith of verbs

question + explore + listen + Pray + speak . . .

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Truth

is known in personal relationships

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"I pray not for hope in the future but for trust in the present."
Barbara Brown Taylor

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"You cannot teach a man what he thinks he already knows." Epictetus

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Humility

the beginning point for learning

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Grace

Sustainable Credit for learning in life

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Faith

Incarnational Transcendence

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Thanks

Ray Tetz — charts, ideas, shared vision.
Parker Palmer's To Know as We are Known and The Promise of Paradox.
Romil Daquila, selected photos of his son, Gabe.
Adrienne Asher, Autumn Leaves

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Learn Up!

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