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“Reconciliation and reparations were never supposed to be two opposite things.” The church is called to be a repairer of the breach. Drawing on the prophetic texts of Isaiah and Nehemiah, Brenda Salter McNeil joins Mark to discuss her latest book, Empowered to Repair: Becoming People Who Mend Broken Systems and Heal Our Communities. Together they reflect on the church’s responsibility for social justice; the call to engage politics for the common good; the nature of systemic injustice and systemic change; empowerment and mutual investment in change; and the importance of moving closer to injustice in order to become a “repairer of the breach.”
Mark Labberton hosts the Conversing podcast and is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Fuller Seminary.
Brenda Salter McNeil is a leader in the international movement for peace and reconciliation. She is an associate professor of reconciliation studies in the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, where she also directs the Reconciliation Studies program. She also serves on the pastoral staff of Quest Church in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of numerous books on Christianity, reconciliation, and racial justice.
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