A person carrying their belongings away from a cleared encampment places a question before the nation: Where can this neighbor go and remain?
A nation’s prosperity must include the security of its people. Growing wealth carries an obligation to strengthen housing, care, meaningful work, and participation in public life. When people are repeatedly displaced, separated from support, and denied a place to belong, the nation weakens the human relationships upon which its future depends.
Efficiency must serve this responsibility. A cleared sidewalk requires an account of what happened to those who lived there. A completed referral requires attention to whether care became accessible. Public institutions must follow the consequences of their decisions into the lives of the people affected.
In the age of AI, greater productive capacity increases our responsibility to choose worthy purposes. Human dignity cannot depend on economic usefulness. The elderly person, the disabled neighbor, and the person unable to work retain their full standing within the community.
The Samaritan’s care in Luke 10:25–37 extended beyond the roadside encounter. He brought the wounded man to shelter and provided for continuing care. His example calls us to build arrangements that sustain the neighbor after the immediate crisis has passed.
Public authority is held in trust. Those who govern must listen to the people who bear the consequences of their decisions and give them a meaningful part in shaping what follows.
A nation cannot prosper by scattering its people. Let its abundance secure their place among us—and let those most easily displaced help determine what prosperity requires.
Pastor Steven G. Lee
St. GMC Corps
October 2, 2026
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