Candid Conversation: Identity - Can it be a healing force?

When you think about God’s church, His people, and how we are representing Him in this world, how do you feel? Confused? Angry? Hopeful? Worried? Resigned? All of the above? How do you think God feels about it all?

As facilitators for Generational Trauma healing, we all see firsthand some of the challenges involved with helping each other see our own brokenness and guiding folks to the God who heals. Candid Conversations was started as a way bring white allies and people of color together to continue racial healing conversation and strengthen community as we do this work.

As we continue the conversations into 2022, the planning team sensed the need to return to a basic idea—identity. Identity forms the basis for almost all of the conflicts and divides we are experiencing in this present time. We believe it is absolutely critical that we answer the question we hear the…