Colossians 1:17
“He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.”
This verse is part of a hymn or poetic section in the Apostle Paul's letter to the Colossians, written around the mid-1st century CE. Paul is explaining the supreme importance and role of Christ in creation and in the church to a community facing various philosophical and religious ideas. He wants them to understand Christ as central to everything.
How might acknowledging a foundational unity influence our approach to managing and understanding complex, interdependent systems today?