Community Part 6
It is not good for man to be alone... Genesis 2:18 If not for me, then why community? Last week, in using marriage as a marker for community, I was suggesting that marriage is an archetype of sorts of community. If you'll entertain it, here's something more. At the very inception of marriage, God says, "It is not good for man to be alone..." How transcendent is this statement? Aloneness in permanence is not good. Humans are needful creatures. About three years ago, this idea