Who Gets Your Pearls? | Look T(Here) — Part 2

Some parts of being human are incredibly precious.

Our grief. Confession. Doubt. Shame. Fear. Longing.

Jesus once used the image of pearls to describe something valuable that shouldn't be entrusted carelessly. And that strange teaching feels increasingly relevant in a world where technology isn't only competing for our attention—it's beginning to compete for our intimacy.

In Part 2 of Look T(Here), Corey explores the movement from an attention economy toward what he describes as an “intimacy economy,” and asks what could happen as we increasingly turn toward technology for companionship, advice, emotional support, and meaning.

Then we turn toward Jesus' very different vision of human community: people who know one another, confess to one another, carry burdens together, share meals and homes, and become trustworthy enough to hold the precious parts of one another's lives.

Maybe one of the most important questions in an increasingly isolated world is:

Who gets your pearls?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Technology increasingly competes not only for our attention, but for our intimacy.

• Jesus treats the vulnerable parts of our humanity as precious and worthy of care.

• Healthy community requires humility—we deal with the logs in our own eyes before trying to remove someone else's splinters.

• Real relationships involve mutuality, inconvenience, vulnerability, and even the possibility of being hurt.

• The church has an opportunity to offer something increasingly rare: a community where people genuinely know, need, and care for one another.

• Acts 2 gives us a picture of a church formed around shared life rather than personalized individual experience.

REFLECTION QUESTION

Who currently receives the most precious and vulnerable parts of your life—and what makes them worthy of that trust?

SCRIPTURE

Matthew 5:13–16

Matthew 7:1–6

Romans 12:15

1 Corinthians 12:25–26

Galatians 6:2

Ephesians 4:2

1 Thessalonians 5:14

James 5:16

Acts 2:42–47