From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby
“Community cannot take root in a divided life. Long before community assumes external shape and form, it must be present as seed in the undivided self: only as we are in communion with ourselves can we find community with others,” Parker Palmer wrote instructively on the barriers we often face. “Community is an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace, the flowing of personal identity and integrity into the world of relationships.”