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Can repentance be communal, not just personal?

I keep thinking about how churches talk about sin individually while benefiting from larger harms collectively. What would it look like for a community to name complicity and actually change patterns, budgets, or priorities?

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Kiara Lee

I keep thinking about how churches talk about sin individually while benefiting from larger harms collectively. What would it look like for a community to name complicity and actually change patterns, budgets, or priorities?

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Marcus Hale

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Not every faithful response has to be loud. Sometimes the most accountable work is specific and sustained.

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Rae Twofeathers

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The best next steps are usually the ones someone can actually follow through on this week.

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Rae Twofeathers

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Urgency matters, but panic is not the same thing as solidarity.

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