Community 04: What We Avoid in Community (featuring David Kim)

About this episode

The episode explores the practices we often avoid in forming deep community relationships, featuring insights from David Kim.

What kind of community do we desperately long for, and yet, what are we often unwilling to do to form it? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore five practices for cultivating community, featuring testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with luminary David Kim. In this episode’s luminary interview, John Mark and David discuss the process of cultivating deep relationships and the practices we often avoid to form them. David is a pastor, speaker, and the author of Made To Belong: Five Practices for Cultivating Community in a Disconnected World . You can explore more of David’s work at davidjanghyunkim.com and connect with him @davidjanghyunkim. This podcast accompanies the Community Practice, a four-session experience designed to help you cultivate community in the Way of Jesus. Learn more at practicingtheway.org/community . Our Practices are free, thanks to the generosity of The Circle and other givers. Learn more about The Circle at practicingtheway.org/give . Run a Practice with your community and find other resources at practicingtheway.org/resources .

People in this episode

Hosts: John Mark Comer, Shelbi Shutt

Guest: David Kim

Topics covered

• community
• relationships
• practices
• spirituality
• Christianity

Keywords

• community
• relationships
• practices
• spirituality
• Christianity
• David Kim
• cultivating community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Practicing the Way, The Circle, practicingtheway.org, davidjanghyunkim.com

Books & works: Made To Belong: Five Practices for Cultivating Community in a Disconnected World

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