This blog highlights the organizations Urban CHE and Neighborhood Transformation.  It discusses topics such as “Identifying Assets,” “Wholisitic Ministry” and general community development.

An example excerpt from a blog titled “Wholistic Ministry,” Feb. 12, 2009:

“Let’s talk about wholistic and what it means to us in the Global CHE Network and in Neighborhood Transformation.

We spell wholistic with a ‘W’ because it keeps ever in front of us the idea that we need to deal with the whole person, all aspects of their life, and the whole community or neighborhood, meaning all sectors in that place.

Some people and the Webster Dictionary spell it without the W and give it a spiritual meaning from holy. We agree with that BUT feel it is more important to concentrate on the whole, not just on the spiritual or holy aspect.

When we talk wholistically about a person’s life, we are dealing with all aspects: physical or health well-being, spiritual well-being, emotional well-being, and social well-being. When we do this, we are dealing with more than the different sectors such as education, job, medical, etc.

In working in a community or neighborhood, we are looking into the above areas as well, but the different sectors found in a community come more into play. Therefore, when we talk about community, sometimes we will use the term sectors, and when dealing with the individual, we talk more in terms of physical, spiritual, emotional and social aspects…”

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