As we endeavor to correct unconscious bias and ultimately lean into what it means to be more Christlike, I invite you both personally and in your faith communities to consider the following three statements.
All in Siburt Staff
As we endeavor to correct unconscious bias and ultimately lean into what it means to be more Christlike, I invite you both personally and in your faith communities to consider the following three statements.
Inclusion means that the congregation embraces the inherent value in all voices and seeks to make them an active part of the whole.
We witness a demonstration of love that speaks to the humility and self-sacrificing nature of who Jesus is at his very core .
To operate under the assumption that we all encounter injustice in the same way diminishes the strength that comes when we purposefully stand up for each other.
There exists a group of people who feel like they are not being heard. Not being listened to. Not being welcomed into the kingdom of God in the way God intended.
In the story of Zacchaeus, we see two clear examples of what it looks like to push back against accepted culture and instead do what is right.
It is so easy to get caught up in evaluating the quantifiable moments of ministry. But God isn’t about the quantifiable moments.
As I watch my daughters grow in their relationship with Christ and start to discover their gifts as empowered by the Father, I am worried.
In these two words exists a clear example from Jesus of what it looks like to truly and intentionally experience life with another person.
Jesus prays for us to achieve unity in our diversity so that the world will know the unconditional love of God and believe.