In “The Language of Community,” articles look at compassionate communication, consensus, identity, the power of words, community dialects, aligning our words with our realities, and much more, including stories of how communities and communitarians use various kinds of language in service to cooperative culture. The issue also contains an overview of common terms describing types of intentional community, the third installment in Diana Leafe Christian’s series on “Working Effectively with Especially Challenging Behaviors,” and a larger than average dose of humor.