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In the continuation of the theme of the last post, I wanted to explore how we can approach this topic in a better manner.

Shane Claiborne has a list of fourty things you can do to celebrate interdependance day. Some things include:

Learn where your utilities come from—the source of your electricity, gas, and water.

Dig up a bucket of soil from your garden or yard, examine it, noticing all of the elements of organic matter, sand, clay, and the organisms that make your daily meals a possibility.

Spend the day hiking in the woods.  Think about how God cares for the sparrows and lilies of the field.

Climb a tree and sit there for a long period of time, observing and documenting – in photographs, drawings, paintings, writings, etc. – the forms of life that you see from that vantage point.

Commit to not using any gasoline on the fourth of July and encourage your neighbors to do likewise.

Prayer the Lord’s prayer, and commit to one concrete action to live out each part.

All things focused on removing the myth of our own independance, and shining the light on our interdependance to each other.

Another interesting take was the independence of the Church, C. Wess Daniels says that

The church needs to declare its own Independence Day from nationalism, militarism and consumerism, it will begin and end with confession. (twitter)

He also asks the question

Given the narrative of Independence, what does it mean for Christ to be the Good Shepherd & for us to heed his voice above all? (twitter)

Some food for thought.

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