“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” -Galatians 3:28

Oh man… This verse is so obvious, so relevant… so painful. 

I wonder if our world has ever been more fractured, splintered, separated… and yet still SO CLOSE!

Our connectedness and awareness of peoples and cultures has shown the beauty of our distinctiveness and the wonder of our sameness. It’s right there… so obvious. IF you want to see. 

But so many of us struggle to see. We’re using the same tech to stay selfie-oriented. Or, we’re stuck in fearful frames of mind, as if there’s not enough to go around… as if God’s abundance can be short-circuited by God’s diversity. 

But we’re one. 

There is neither…

  • Jew nor Gentile
  • moral group nor heathen group 
  • chosen group nor cursed group
  • insider nor outsiders
  • wage-worker nor CEO 
  • male nor female 
  • ……

I’ll let you fill in the blanks from there.

Start with the perspective of being ONE… then maybe we can live in the beautiful tension of our sameness and differentness.