Humanity strives for connectivity. Consider the innovations we have made in just the last 250 years: the postal service, telegraph, trans-continental railroad, telephones, flight, the interstate highway system, satellites, the internet, social media, and instant language translation. All these things connect us together, but not at the soul level. Continue reading The Integration of Life
Category Archives: Gospel of Community
The Investment of Jesus
Images of investors in the United States have not always been positive. Our history contains robber barons to modern patent trolls. Investment is thought of as a selfish act, speculation in order to make a profit like a Ferengi following the Rules of Acquisition. Jesus worked counter-culturally in his investment. Continue reading The Investment of Jesus
The Immigration of God
I found it difficult to find a fitting graphic for this post, as the faces of immigration have constantly changed over time and place. Immigration may be forced or voluntary, driven by need or opportunity, labeled legal or illegal. Immigration is full of positive and negative connotations and politics beyond the simple definition of the word. Yet regardless of one’s views on immigration, one individual’s move changed the world more than any whole people group’s migration affected the world, a country, or geography. Continue reading The Immigration of God