“Believe that a farther shore is reachable from here”: Mapping community as moral loving journeying

How do relationships become transformational for all of us? Asking why people with disability should bother with community, this paper explores the concept of communio as loving, moral journeying. Asking who shall travel with us, the paper also looks closely at the qualities of people who can be mobilized to bridge differences. In this way, community is seen as verb rather than noun, as praxis rather than goal, as activity rather than product, as participation rather than membership, as embarking rather than arriving, as fickle rather than fixed, as insecure rather than stitched up, as adventure rather than feat, as desire and disappointment rather than destination. And living thus, we can trek to that farther shore-vital and resilient community.