HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE

...that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
1 Thessalonians 4:10‭-‬12 ESV

¶What does it mean to apply this aspect of holy living across all strata of society, not just to those at the bottom, who find themselves dependent on the charity of others, but also to those at top: servant-masters, shareholders, officials of government and industry, who profit from the labor of others? So it turns out we're all dependent on others, it's a question of how we do it. For a start, it means to be present, as Adam was placed in the Garden to live there in proximity to his work, as the Lord God came to visit them there and to walk with them in the cool of the evening, as Jesus came to be our neighbor here as among those who wandered around as sheep without a shepherd, and as Paul, who could be found working with his hands in the guild of the tentmakers. The first element of community regeneration is relocation, to install ourselves in places where we can share life with others.