The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. Last time we talked about being curious. In this episode, I give some crazy questions that can help people laugh and take the conversation less seriously so that they can have a serious conversation. 

The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. The third tool is being curious. Everyone drops hints at things that they want talk more about it. Try to ask questions when they drop those hints. The more you do it, the better you'll get and the more people will engage with you!

The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. The second tool is making a list of "Common Ground" items. These are things that you could talk about when, wherever, with whomever and that establish some common ground with you and other people. 

The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. The the first tool is eye contact. 

The Toolbox episodes are short ideas and challenges to help you start growing good community where you are. I can't wait to start sharing them with you!

Hey guys, this is Sam from What It Takes. I've been so encouraged by the conversations that I've had around community and I'm so excited for the ones to come. I would love to invite you into that conversation. If you have any questions, comments, or even if you know someone would be interested in talking about community, I've love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected]. That's [email protected].  Thanks so much. I can't wait to hear from you. 

Welcome to Bridges to Belonging! I'm Sam Banfield and I'm so glad you're joining this conversation on community. In this episode, I talk with Garrin Hill. Garrin is a pastor and brings a wealth of knowledge of what it's like to walk into an existing community and to keep it moving forward. We'll jump into the conversation with Garrin describing what it is he does and move on into a rich conversation that I'm so excited to share with you!  To find out more about Garrin's community and how to get engaged with it, check out this website.  Below are the books we talk about in this episode:  Generation to Generation by Edwin Friedman Canoeing the Mountains by Tod Bolsinger Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam

Welcome to What It Takes, the podcast about community; how to find it, how to build it and how to protect it. My name is Sam Banfield and I want to figure out how to build true community. In a world where we are constantly connected, I want to know how to build places and times where people belong. Each episode, we’ll hear the stories of people who have experienced the good, the bad and the ugly of life with people. From their hard learned lessons, I hope we can begin to build healthier, stronger communities around us. Thanks for joining me in learning What It Takes!