How to Build Community (guest post with Melissa Joy Boerger)

If you’ve ever lived away from established friends and family you’ll know the importance of intentionally making friends and building community. When we lived in Finland we worked hard at connecting with others in order to create family and community around us. Within a few years we were surrounded by an amazing group of people who took care of one another and shared their lives together. Our door was never locked, people would come and go through our house daily, meals would be shared, neig...