The Common Life

Published: March 17, 2013, 10 a.m.

b'A couple years ago, a noted game reviewer and podcaster lost his son from complications after a premature birth. As you can imagine, the hospital bills from this experience were quite large. When the international board game community (yes, there is such a thing!) heard, several people organized a large auction to help raise funds for the family. Game collectors from around the world sold games and donated money to help this family in need. So much money was raised, and the podcaster was so humbled, he started a fund with the leftover money that helps other gamers in their time of need. Community is a powerful thing. When a group of people have a common bond, they tend to do things that are unusual. We see a similar thing in this week\'s passage (Acts 4:32-35). The believers were unified around a common bond. Most of all, we see a group of people sacrificially living out what it means to be in Christian Community. Not because they were selling all they had, but because they were giving testimony of the resurrection of Jesus! I hope you enjoy this look at one more way the "resurrection changes everything!"'