Interwoveness vs. Independence, Part 1 (TMF:2611)
Monday, May 12, 2025
Peace to Live By: Interwoveness vs. Independence, Part 1 (TMF:2611) - Daniel Litton
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Each thread interwoven into another. And all the threads, each crossing the other, form the whole. It really is the perfect picture of the church. It is how it’s supposed to be. And interestingly, and on more of a sadder note, while the concept makes good sense to us, experientially, it may be more foreign to us in American church life than we realize. That’s because, as Americans, we value independence, and this valuing of independence from one another, to each his own kind of mentality, seeks to promote separation from one another. We would likely look at ourselves more like a chess board with the variety of pieces on it. We are the variety of pieces, which are different, and have the commonness that we all stand on the board. That’s our foundation. But we are all separate, independent pieces. That’s more likely how we experience church in twenty-first century America. A commonness but also a separation. But this isn’t the picture Paul has in mind.