This week's focus on diversity and justice have been very much on the tip of our collective minds in the Episcopal Church, so much so that we might be tempted to forget that diversity and justice are not so much goals to accomplish but rather as journeys that lead us ever closer to the heart of God.
We can begin to name the programmatic things we can do to facilitate diversity and/or justice (and sometimes diversity and justice complement one another, but not always), but before we do, I wonder if we might think through the the path that God would have us walk. If we believe that all persons are made in God's image, then what would God have us do when we encounter the image of God in every person we meet? To what extent then are diversity and justice not "things" to have, but rather capacities through which our journey reflects and models Christ's?
It's in that spirit that I post today's set of discussion questions:
Bass speaks on p. 170 of justice not as a program, political platform, or denominational position, but rather a “pilgrimage of the beloved community” to facilitate the reign of God. What journey of justice are you on? What journey of justice is St. Paul’s on? How do we express this journey of justice to others?
Diversity “is the active construction of a boundary-crossing community, a family bound not by blood but by love, that witnesses to the power of God’s healing the world” (148). What kinds of boundaries has St. Paul’s crossed in the name of love? What kinds of boundaries do you hope we can cross?
What does inclusion mean to you? Are there limits to inclusivity?
How might St. Paul’s embody Desmond Tutu’s ubuntu theology (151-3)? What might happen if we embraced ubuntu theology as a guiding principle? What hopes emerge? What fears emerge?
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