November 3, 2013: Rules of the House – Michael Hidalgo

The term koinonia was popular for a time in the church. It is translated in our Bibles as “fellowship.” It was a term, and an idea, that was espoused in the world at that time beyond the Christian community. In fact, it spoke of everything belonging to everyone else. All people, having the same rights to the same things. Socrates kicked this idea around, even going so far as to suggest sharing spouses. 

As utopian as this idea seemed, for the first believers it was there reality. What belonged to one belonged to all. It was more than sharing, it was releasing the rights of ownership. Which raises the question for us – how do we release what we possess to be owned by all people?