Our Life Together Vol. 3 Nr. 40, October 14, 1975 Part 1

This is one of Ken's controversial articles. I don't argue with his point, that unity is perhaps the main purpose within the Body of Christ; the church. He defends this point well. We were meant to be one as Jesus and the Father were one. I think my only argument was that Ken began to develop the theory that the way that we lived, this kind of community was the only way to successfully live the Christian Life. Later, Ken was to say that no one who doesn't live in residential community can really understand the New Testament. I certainly don't agree with that, but community does help us along in the quest for unity. Ken's position was the stance of most of us in community at the time. One of our strengths and, perhaps, one of our weaknesses. How could this be a weakness? It made us blind to any other options. As community fell apart, we really had no where to go -- and we were like the characters on the TV show "Lost", knowing there was a deeper purpose, but not knowing how to find it.
This article by Clay is a little gem. He defends living an authentic life. We don't try to offend people, but we are authentically who we are wherever we are and with whoever we are in association.
Here Ken begins an article that sets forth the irony of the selection of Mona and Ken as Humanitarians of the Year in the context of some pretty bitter opposition. I will discuss this more in the next posting.