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1 " Sin is at work when those who have experienced undeniable racism are not met with empathy and care but rather are demonized for naming the problem. Sin is what’s at work when we shrug our shoulders in the face of grave injustice. Sin is present when we refuse to treat another with dignity. Sin exists when we injure another with our gossip. Sin is manifested—as we confess in prayer every week in our congregation—in what we have done and in what we have left undone. "
― Rich Villodas , Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World
2 " The work of cultivating calm presence begins as we wrestle with our own faulty thinking before we come face-to-face with someone in conflict. As a matter of fact, our ability to name the messages that heap shame on us is what positions us to remain close to others. "
