These are the slides from one of my 10 Minute talks at the National Church Leadership Institute. These are focused on the ways in which we approach justice issues and the need to value a breadth of approaches.

2. JUSTICE
divestment-#blackprivilege-
education-#yesallwomen-racism-
#notmychristianleader-sexism-
#solidarityisforwhitewomen-
immigration-#nalt-trafficking-
healthcare-labor-#everydaysexism-
military-church-faith-#buildnotburn

3. RESPONSE
defensiveness
diminishment
dismissal
derailment
derision

4. FRUSTRATION
Sometimes the most destructive
battles are not between enemies but
between friends.

5. DIVERSE METHODS
The WAYS in which we seek justice is as
much about personality and preference
as it is about theology and tactics.

6. INTIMACY WITH GOD
As with parenting, worship, and faith,
challenging the ways in which we
choose to seek justice challenges the
very nature of our connection to God.

7. VALUE DIVERSE METHODOLOGY
In order to achieve justice together,
we must value diverse ways in which
we seek justice individually.

8. PROPHET

9. FOUR POSTURES

10. DEGREES AND CONTEXT
These four postures are not mutually
exclusive and depend greatly on
context, issue, history, mood, etc.

11. DEGREES AND CONTEXT
Postures are only one more way to navigate
communal life and common passions: MBTI (enfp),
Enneagram (3), Strengthsfinder (Strategic,
Communication, Empathy, Activator, Woo).

12. DEGREES AND CONTEXT
A multiplicity of strategies, tactics,
tones and personalities gives us the
best chance at achieving broad-based
and long-term social change.

13. PROPHET - ACTIVIST - RABBLE ROUSER
Speaks truth to power often taking it to the
streets. Not worried about what other people
think. Calls the community to a radical faith.
Can be perceived as angry, abrasive, uncivil, etc.

14. PRIEST - ACADEMIC - CONTEMPLATIVE
Through research and study, lifts up the
histories of injustice while challenging historic
ways of assessing and addressing injustice.
Can be perceived as too heady, disconnected, etc.

15. PASTOR - AMALGAMATOR - BRIDGE BUILDER
Relationships, conversation and graciousness
are key to reconciliation. Yearns for faith that
embraces difference, diversity and unity.
Can be perceived as nice, too accommodating, etc.

16. POET - ARTIST - CREATIVE
Through creative expressions, expands our
understandings of injustice and how to
respond -- spoken word, film, song, design, etc.
Can be perceived as abstract and too indirect.

17. QUESTIONS
Who is missing?
Where do you see yourself?
How does your posture impact the way you
view others?
How do you navigate groups of justice seekers?