Pentecost 20 2024

In our increasingly polarized society, we are presented with a false dichotomy. The seeming two choices are, either you are a socialist or you are an individualist. And if you loathe communism and socialism, as do I, you might falsely believe your only other option is individualism. But the Biblical option values the individual, each and every one of them, with the understanding that the individual has been designed to live in community. Being created in the image of God, in part, means that we are social beings that can only flourish living in fellowship with others…