Resources

Danger of Willful Blindness

1. What actions were taken in the video??

2. How did these actions impact the community?

3. How does awareness change our relationship to these issues?

4. To what problems are others in our communities blind?

5. To what problems would others say we are blind?

An Ethic of Solidarity

In a world where people are separated (or, maybe stated differently, we separate ourselves) in so many ways, Rebecca Todd Peters notes that what is needed in mission engagement today is an Ethic of Solidarity:

“A theology of solidarity offers a vision of covenant and partnership between Christians in the first world and their brothers and sisters from the two-thirds world. A theology of solidarity offers hope and promise that sustainability is a more faithful and fulfilling life for Christians than consumption and prosperity. A theology of solidarity will require listening to the voices of people from the global South, it will require thinking more carefully about how our lives are bound to theirs through economic transactions in the global economy, and it is likely to require that we reshape those transactions as well as the structures of the global economy.”

Rebecca Todd Peters, Solidarity Ethics: Transformation in a Globalized World (Minneapolis: Fortress Press), 2014

As we have seen, solidarity is needed not only between peoples in the so-called first and two-thirds worlds. Many of us in our North American context are affected by the societal ills caused by over-consumption and the race for material wealth.

1. How is it difficult to hear the voices of others within our community? Within our world?

2. How can we use the principles found in the See, Judge, Act process to open our eyes and ears? Who needs to be included in the dialogue and conversations as we See, Judge, and Act together?

Ways to Connect Through Global Ministries

People to People Pilgrimages

Child & Elder Sponsorship

Be A Global Mission Church

Missionary Relationships

Serving in Mission

Special Giving