David Bailey – Reconciling Communities Across Race and Class

Join us for a conversation with David Bailey, Executive Director of Arrabon, an organization that equips churches for the work of reconciliation.

Episode Highlights Include:

• What a Biblical vision for reconciliation looks like (and how to be realistic about outcomes)
• Practicing reconciliation for youth through music
• The challenge of decentering ourselves in community, both in terms of race and class
• How white progressives and white conservatives aren’t all that different
• Why you should find something worthwhile and commit to it for ten years

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If you liked this episode, check out our conversations with

• Darlene Hutto of the Forum for Theological Exploration, talking about exploring vocation for people of color
• Shawn Moore, on following Jesus in a multicultural community
• Laura and Jaybee Byrch, on discovering the gifts of the poor in Bradford Trailer Park.
• Carlos Rosa-Lageur, on Jesus, hot dogs, and cultivating immigrant-based faith communities

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• The Upper New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

Stay tuned next for: An updated conversation with Stephanie Price of the Land, an agriculturally based faith community in Aurora, Colorado.

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