Thank you so much for diving into this question! I appreciate how you boiled the answer down to two centering truths: "Everyone has absolute value and relating across difference matters." I can so easily become overwhelmed with the amount of need that I don't even know where to start or wonder if what I do even matters. These focal points are really helpful.
Thank you for your definition of social justice work. That term has become so politicized that I have come to despise it. But in your definition I realized that it is the majority of what I do in my own ministry here in Africa.
Staying in it for the Long Haul
Thank you so much for diving into this question! I appreciate how you boiled the answer down to two centering truths: "Everyone has absolute value and relating across difference matters." I can so easily become overwhelmed with the amount of need that I don't even know where to start or wonder if what I do even matters. These focal points are really helpful.
Thanks for this reflection Rachel. I wrote a similar reflection a couple of weeks ago. Here's my take on how I keep having the energy to do justice work: https://walkhumblyinitiative.com/learning-community/ama-response-how-do-you-do-advocacy-from-a-place-of-hope-rather-than-anger
Thank you for your definition of social justice work. That term has become so politicized that I have come to despise it. But in your definition I realized that it is the majority of what I do in my own ministry here in Africa.