I’ve been invited back for another round of pool. Seems the invitation, that I thought was just one time, was intended to be an open invitation. I’m probably the pool playing equivalent of a high school football homecoming opponent. If you don’t understand the comparison find and ask someone that lives or has lived in Texas.
Speaking of pool, tonight our Bible Study 201 class will dive into the deep end of mutual submission from Ephesians 5. What exactly does it mean to "be subject to one another in the fear of Christ"?
What does this look like in a culture of power and influence? I mean if everyone is holding the door open who’s going to walk in the room?
The intriguing thing about this section of scripture, to me anyway, is that we are in such a rush to prove who is in charge that we charge right past the idea of mutual, voluntary cooperation.
Abigail and Brittany Hensen have learned the value of mutual, voluntary cooperation. Though their circumstance is involuntary, they have discovered that by working together through mutual shared submission they thrive. One of the experts, speaking about their existence, said something like "they’ve learned the value of cooperation and compromise."
The thing about our community and our relationships in general is that we can always choose to walk away from relationships. This leaves no visible incentive for cooperation and compromise.
