From the editor – Issue 40

  Community, by its very nature, lives in the past, present, and future. Community rests upon an extended narrative that retells its reason for being and the roots of its character. It lives in the present shared life of its members and neighbors. And it prepares to meet the future with integrity and vigor. In recent decades, however, it has become increasingly difficult for a community to imagine its future because of the escalating rate of change in our world, and the uncertainty that results. The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020–21 (and perhaps beyond) has further escalated that change an