On this week's Life Together podcast Bernard, Marianne, and Peter start by discussing freedom in the context of relationships and church community. They move on to two listeners' questions: how the Bruderhof vow of poverty works and a question about the epidemic of homelessness in the United States. Then, a conversation on the great composers and the role of great music in worship.

Here are some of the links and references from this episode:

Love in the Time of Individualism by Julie Beck https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/09/love-in-the-time-of-individualism/540474/

Cheap Sex by Mark Regnerus https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cheap-sex-9780190673611?cc=us&lang=en&

Jesus and Community by Gerhard Lohfink https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Community-Gerhard-Lohfink/dp/0800618025

God's Revolution by Eberhard Arnold https://www.plough.com/en/topics/faith/discipleship/gods-revolution

Anecdote re: The Trumpet Shall Sound by GF Handel https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/18/arts/music/in-handels-messiah-the-trumpet-as-divine-agent.html?_r=0

Benjamin Britten's War Requiem https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/music/a-requiem-for-world-war-i

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