Just as it is true that no one can live the fullness of a Christian life apart from Christian community, it is also true that when we sin, our sins go beyond our own individual life. Choices that we make impact the climate elsewhere. Using more electricity than we need might mean that a coal-fired plant somewhere is belching dangerous gas into the atmosphere. Buying new electronics more often than we need them results in the double destruction of the earth to mine elements for computer chips and the dumping of toxic chemicals as our machines are discarded. All of this takes place out of our
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