For Such a Time as This:
Biennial Reflections from Puerto Rico

We give thanks for the Rev. Juan Ángel Gutiérrez Rodríguez and the Rev. Rebecca Driscoll, who led us in a time of communal lamentation.

Our Biennial Event Featured Speaker: The Rev. Juan Ángel Gutiérrez Rodríguez

What is this main question? How we can talk about collegiality in a world of injustice? How we can talk about collegiality when we live in a very divided world? How we can talk about collegiality in a society where the idea of diversity is being questioned in every corner? How we can talk about collegiality in a society where a group (male, white, heterosexual, Christian, fundamentalist, capitalists) believe and behave as if they are superior and exclude most of the members of society from their rights. I do not have answers to these questions but it is our responsibility to struggle with these issues as a Ministers Council.

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