President Kennedy is famous for saying, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” No politician says anything remotely like that nowadays. They promise how much people are going to get if they are elected. St. Paul, on the other hand, echoes the challenge of JFK when he writes: “Humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also everyone for those of others.” The Apostle says that instead of asking “what’s in it for me?” we should ask “what will help to promote the common good?” Instinctively we operate that away in our families. The Bible suggests that we expand our circle of care ourwards.