Peter Block: The Ownership Conversation

The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  This is the third episode in a series of 6 episodes focusing on the 6 conversations from Peter Block’s work. We began with the invitation conversation and the possibility conversation and today we will focus on the ownership conversation.  The final three conversations for the next three episodes are dissent, commitment and gifts.  These conversations are designed to occur in small groups, seeking to produce transformation in communities. You can find more about the conversations in Peter's book, Community: Structure of Belonging, and from these videos on Peter's website.The recited poem is “Prayer During a Flood" by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp.Inside each of usAn oceanOf roaring waves,And amid the endless torrent of waterThere is an island.Your toes find the sandy bottomYour feet the dry groundOn that islandAn altarDo you see it?The sacred spotWhere you lay downYour fearYour panicYour obsessionsYour loneliness, anger, and sufferingthe thrashing rhythm of your souldies in that place.So, leave it there.An offering to the SourceA blood letting price you pay to liveInThroughandBeyondThe flood waters.The boat you are buildingLoves your sea legsReminds youThat you have oceans within youThat you know how to take the watersOne wave at a timeUntil you emergeInto your fullest selfAnd breathe air again.This episode was hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, produced by Joey Taylor and the music is from Jeff Gorman. You can find more information about the Common Good Collective and the reader here. Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation.