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Oct 8, 2022Liked by Grant Brooks

I was thinking about this the other day when bringing my children to a kid’s shoe store that was closing nearby. I wish I could tell you that we are people who eschew online shopping for the old brick and mortar, but we don’t. In fact, this was the first time we shopped at that store. Point being, we didn’t use our spiritual capital in advance of community and what we’ll get next is...nothing. Just an un-community.

I realize this is a low res take on your post, but I honestly think most ‘normie’ folks and even DR folks often assume that the heavy lifting of keeping a community intact is being done by *somebody.* It has become clear that it is not. And if our spiritual capital does not circulate, we will live in a no man’s land. Obviously, Christianity is our bedrock more so than a shoe store, but I think this too is assumed to just ‘be around’ whenever we get around to it. And the gospel will always be, but a lot can be lost in the meantime.

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