“We desire peace, true peace that comes about from understanding each other, respecting each other, appreciating each other, even if we may not agree with each other. Yet, that can not even begin to unfold if we don’t hear each other’s truth. Hear the voices of those who have been broken within the ‘so-called’ safe places of our Churches.”
“Christians are nothing if not a narrative people. We engage with story each and every time we meet for worship and whenever we go to Scripture. The story becomes the bedrock for healing and ‘setting relationships right’. Story moves the people from individual experiences to shared experiences; from individual guilt to shared guilt; from individual responsibility to shared responsibility. This movement empowers those storytellers to move from hurt to solutions. Out of the shared story and the shared embrace of the issues emerges shared commitment to new ways of being. Forgiveness emerges. Restoration emerges.”
