Staying Human (Guest Speaker: Laura Simmons)
Luke 23:34a
Laura Simmons is a recorded minister with Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends and a member of West Hills Friends Meeting. She taught at what was then called George Fox Seminary for 17 years, on subjects from communication to reconciliation to teaching. Laura now splits her time between being an on-call chaplain and running a freelance writing and editing business (new clients always welcome!).
Luke 23:34a (NRSV):
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
Queries:
How do I manage inward DISharmony when I experience it? Specifically, when does my inward disharmony remind me of the need to affirm others’ humanity? How do I interact with my own cognitive dissonance?
How do we practice non-neutrality and challenge the oppressor without making them, or ourselves, less human?