SOCIAL CAPITAL

THOUGHT:

According to Cohen and Prusak, in their book In Good Company. How social capital makes organizations work (2001):

"Social capital consists of the stock of active connections among people: the trust, mutual understanding, and shared values and behaviors that bind the members of human networks and communities and make cooperative action possible. "

Hmm...reminds me of that early investment made by the first disciples:

WORD:

"Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold." Acts 4: 32-34

DEED:

"There was not a needy person among them...?!?...no one claimed private ownership ?!?"

In the immortal word of the little guy with the brains in Princess Bride, "Inconceivable!"

Or perhaps, it's so rich...so what we really long for...can i be one of those?...one who willingly invests all that she claims to own privately- her time, her love, her stuff - in a fabric so fine, a world so want-free, this social capital of the saints? Dare i become...a true disciple of the Christ?