When the Homily is about Immunology

Building an Orthodox Community

It has been a dream we have had for quite sometime: to develope and build an intentional community. We have actually thought about it prior to becoming Orthodox, but now we yearn for it more because the concept seems to fit so well with Orthodoxy. I really think the Amish are on to something, but only because our society has lost touch with its past. Pluralism is the unifying rallying cry today, and I am not at all sure it works very well because it neccesitates a denial of absolute truth and I TRULY TRULY TRULY believe this wreaks havoc on our children's moral compass.

We have a Parishoner who owns about 30 acres of property and those of us families involved would sell our homes, pool our funds, and begin building homes on the new land. Imagine the joy of coming together as a community and building each others homes and filling each others needs. We'd work together and we'd celebrate together - sharing in the great liturgical dance. We'd grow as much of our own food as we could and no doubt many of us would have to find work outside of the community in order to provide resources.

We have a long way to go and this is mostly just my dreaming at this point...but wouldn't it be wonderful?