Brueggemann on Quarrels

"The insistence of gospel-rooted social action is a dream of a genuinely covenantal community of neighbors. That finally is what the "kingdom of God" means. But covenantal neighborliness is a demanding alternative in the world, one deeply at odds with our conventional ways of thought and life. I submit that our work is to bring every aspect of our life together under the neighborliness of God.
In doing so, I dare suggest, there are only two difficult questions. One is sex. Sexuality has to do with intimacy and power; the Bible, so it seems to me, intends covenanted sex and not promiscuity or exploitation. The other hard question is money, for money is about freedom and control, and the Bible is for covenantal economics that are not promiscuous or exploitative. It strikes me as odd- but predictable- that conservatives, people who tend to stress evangelism, care a lot about covenantal sexuality but seem strangely naive about promiscuous, self indulgent economics. Conversely, liberals, those who seem to care about social action, have some sure sense of covenantal economics but tend to mumble about sexuality. Why not a recognition that money and sexuality are twin manifastations of our lust for power, our refusal of commitment, our will to live otherwise, but also our chance for genuine neighborliness as intended by God? I cannot think of a reason to choose up sides on these issues, for such choosing is silly and obsolete."
Walter Brueggeman ' Together in the Spirit- Beyond Seductive Quarrels' in "Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope: Contested truth in a post-Christian world" pp39