Having a calling is very important for feeling like you’re fully part of the community. It’s the difference between ‘the church I go to’ and ‘my church’. You feel more ownership of and oneness with a community to which you are meaningfully contributing.
This bit is interesting and very much at odds with the mainstream culture, where people view community at best as a “consumer good” to be passively enjoyed. I am not familiar with Mormonism at all, but I just posted an article on a similar topic (which I had written before reading this post). However, that’s mainly focused on removing the barriers in the way of active participation. But how do we get people positively interested? This is a much harder cultural shift; nobody wants to be the lone stag-hunter being taken advantage of by others.
This bit is interesting and very much at odds with the mainstream culture, where people view community at best as a “consumer good” to be passively enjoyed. I am not familiar with Mormonism at all, but I just posted an article on a similar topic (which I had written before reading this post). However, that’s mainly focused on removing the barriers in the way of active participation. But how do we get people positively interested? This is a much harder cultural shift; nobody wants to be the lone stag-hunter being taken advantage of by others.