Community Quote by Judith Hanson Lasater

“The time to recognize the power of community is here again. Not as some romanticized renaissance from times past, but as a necessarily new and innovative response to "life as it is offering itself to us."” quote by Judith Hanson Lasater — Download Open image

“The time to recognize the power of community is here again. Not as some romanticized renaissance from times past, but as a necessarily new and innovative response to "life as it is offering itself to us."”

Judith Hanson Lasater

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We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty.

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