Today four leaders in this congregation will share about their experience studying the Widening the Circle of Concern report. The Board and Racial Justice Task Force have only just begun this study, and I’ve already learned a lot. But this morning the most helpful thing I think I can do is explain why the Commission…
In her book, “On Being Wrong” Katherine Schulz argues that it’s hard to know when we’re wrong. We get it at an abstract level; we understand that people aren’t perfect, we get that people make mistakes. But it’s harder when we think about the beliefs we personally hold, here and now, to know which ones of them will prove to be wrong.…
When you hear the words “whole” or “wholeness” what comes to your mind? Wholeness can be like pie; something that’s broken when a piece is removed. Maybe you think of something being made whole again, something or someone being repaired or healed. There’s also a sense that wholeness happens when a process has been completed,…