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The Church, The Only Legitimate Collective

From a conversation at Common Root, my thoughts:
Men are constantly trying to justify a collective which imposes claims upon the lives of its members. My thinking on this line is informed by Ayn Rand (of all people!) but I think it meshes quite well with the Hauerwasian thesis.
Any time two people come together there is [...]

Compare, Compete, Cooperate

I Corintians 4, The Message:
What’s the point of all this comparing and competing?
Within a market economy competition reveals comparative advantages and leads to greater productivity.  But the church is a comand and control economy.  Within the exercise of our spiritual gifts there is only one way to know who should do what: listen to the [...]