Page 15 - C.A.L.L. #28 - Spring 2007

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Out of the Bruderhot's Maple Ridge Highschool newsletter, carrying the cute title "The B-
Hive" of December 2006 we harvest 3 excerpts - one rather hilarious, one rather surprising,
reporting on a visit of our friends Channah and Shulti Regev, and a third one presenting a
promising young poetress named Sadie Barth.

Lastly, some refreshing thoughtfood by Valerie of Twin Oaks for Harry Potter fans, all rights
reserved!

Everything I needed to know about Living in Community I learned from Harry Potter... by Ultra
Violet Waterfall (aka Valerie)
If you’re at all familiar with the Harry Potter books, you may already have made some connections
between the community life of Hogwarts (the school attended by Harry and his wizarding friends) and
intentional communities everywhere. Shared meals, shared housing, multi-dimensional interpersonal
relationships, struggles about whether to close or remain open, and more. Here are some community
lessons we can all glean from the series. We can learn:
From Hermione — that sometimes the most effective and skilled communitarians come from
Muggle (noncommunity) families.
From Dumbledore — to make it a lifelong habit to believe the best of all of those around us.
From Voldemort aka He Who Cannot Be Named — that not naming things only results in giving
them more power, and increases our fear of them.
From Hagrid — that those who appear superficially the least competent have other gifts to offer.
From Fawkes, the Phoenix — that the presence of tears is sometimes what is needed for true
healing to emerge.
And from Harry himself - that being connected through loving each other is one of the strongest
powers we can draw upon in our time of need.

Yallah Bye, send us some more stuff, thanks, Joel

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