The Immediate Word
Interconnected And Interdependent For Good Or Ill
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Dear Fellow Preacher,
The tension between individualism and the common good is especially pronounced in America. The self-made person, competition, rugged individualism, the "can do" attitude, the versatile pioneer, the "God helps those who help themselves" attitude, "we're number one" -- all are cliches of our tradition that mask our increasingly obvious interconnectedness and, at the same time, create knotty problems for us.
The tension between individualism and the common good is especially pronounced in America. The self-made person, competition, rugged individualism, the "can do" attitude, the versatile pioneer, the "God helps those who help themselves" attitude, "we're number one" -- all are cliches of our tradition that mask our increasingly obvious interconnectedness and, at the same time, create knotty problems for us.
