Whilst necessary, an excessive focus on infrastructure can make the ground feel a long way away and it soon becomes out of reach. So, increasingly I find myself returning to a more grounded concept: Place. Not merely as a location, but as a living, breathing part of our identity that shapes us, who we are, how we lead, how we serve, how we connect with our communities, and our people. Attachment to place is often underestimated. For some people, it is as important as attachments to people.
Place, to me, is not just geography. It is powerful, it is personal, and it is textured. It holds memory, identity and meaning. It is the stage on which children grow up and adults grow old. It is the context that shapes possibility.
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