https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/06/01/a-stumbling-bridge-builder/ A Global Immersion Site Thu, 01 Jun 2023 20:18:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/06/01/a-stumbling-bridge-builder/#comment-297 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 20:18:09 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1357#comment-297 Scott. I identify with SO MUCH of your inner thoughts and justifications. I also identify with feeling (smugly, in my case) that I’m so inclusive, only to get flattened when someone is able to name their woundedness of my exclusion. oof. I have so many things to learn and grow in, and my white-culture-perfectionism wants to give up on it all because I am not already perfect at it. But I only feel grace for you in your process, so I’m going to try to offer myself that same grace in my process. I see you in this. I see you trying and growing, and recognizing where more growth needs to be. I am glad to be along with you on the journey. And I’m curious as to what your hopes are for your next counsel meeting.

]]> https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/06/01/a-stumbling-bridge-builder/#comment-296 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 19:10:39 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1357#comment-296 Scott, this is so reflective and so moving. Thank you for your vulnerability and for your honesty. What you have written is so true–that showing up with love is always more inclusive than showing up to be right. This is something that I also need to remind myself of. I definitely have those moments with certain people where I would rather be right than be loving. I am excited to see how this change in posture grows in you and where it takes you.

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