This week, Dennis Allan walks through the Parable of the Barn Builder (or, the Rich Fool). In the kingdom, Jesus makes clear that the life that is truly life is now found in an abundance of possessions. The life that is truly life—namely, Jesus himself—is found when his people use their excess to care for those who have need. Jesus means it when he says, “Whatever you do for the least of these, you do it for me.” The barn builder, all on his own, took an abundant harvest and used it to enrich himself even further. What he should’ve done is brought people from his village together, sought their counsel, and made a communal decision about how to use his newfound abundance. Because, in the first-century, the land was a common good that belonged equally to everyone. It was never meant to become a private good that benefitted some, and not others. The implication is straightforward, but challenging. Our excess, it’s obligated to our neighbors. Our abundance, it’s meant for the well-being of others. This is the economic life of the kingdom citizens.