JUSTICE
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RESPONSE
defensiveness
diminishment
dismissal
derailment
derision
FRUSTRATION
Sometimes the most destructive battles are not between enemies but
between friends.
DIVERSE METHODS
The WAYS in which we seek justice is as much about personality and preference
as it is about theology and tactics.
INTIMACY WITH GOD
As with parenting, worship, and faith, challenging the ways in which we
choose to seek justice challenges the very nature of our connection to God.
VALUE DIVERSE METHODOLOGY
In order to achieve justice together, we must value diverse ways in which
we seek justice individually.
PROPHET
FOUR POSTURES
DEGREES AND CONTEXT
These four postures are not mutually exclusive and depend greatly on
context, issue, history, mood, etc.
DEGREES AND CONTEXT
Postures are only one more way to navigate communal life and common passions: MBTI (enfp),
Enneagram (3), Strengthsfinder (Strategic, Communication, Empathy, Activator, Woo).
DEGREES AND CONTEXT
A multiplicity of strategies, tactics, tones and personalities gives us the
best chance at achieving broad-based and long-term social change.
PROPHET - ACTIVIST - RABBLE ROUSER
Speaks truth to power often taking it to the streets. Not worried about what other people think. Calls the community to a radical faith.
Can be perceived as angry, abrasive, uncivil, etc.
PRIEST - ACADEMIC - CONTEMPLATIVE
Through research and study, lifts up the histories of injustice while challenging historic ways of assessing and addressing injustice.
Can be perceived as too heady, disconnected, etc.
PASTOR - AMALGAMATOR - BRIDGE BUILDER
Relationships, conversation and graciousness are key to reconciliation. Yearns for faith that embraces difference, diversity and unity.
Can be perceived as nice, too accommodating, etc.
POET - ARTIST - CREATIVE
Through creative expressions, expands our understandings of injustice and how to respond -- spoken word, film, song, design, etc.
Can be perceived as abstract and too indirect.
QUESTIONS
Who is missing?
Where do you see yourself?
How does your posture impact the way you view others?
How do you navigate groups of justice seekers?
