[New post] Interdependence Day?

Interdependence Day (to borrow a meme from Derek Chedzey). That’s got to be our ultimate aspiration as Christians, even if independence is a step on the way.

But interdependence comes at a cost. Alongside all the benefits and feel-good factor, if you go down, I go down.

So, choose your interdependents carefully? Well, no. Not if you aspire to be the body of Christ, and build the kingdom of God, and not just add to your own weight or build your own security. In Christ men and women, enslaved and free, ethnicities of all sorts, respected and shameful, sinners and saints all hang together.

A dumb choice to go down that route then? Some would say so. But if the alternative is beggaring my neighbour, or worse, then it’s the one I’ll make. And here’s a long, hard look in the direction of anyone who chooses differently.