Justice & Righteousness
Resourcing Wellness in Community
"Biblically, justice is a Divine act of reparation where breached relationships are renewed and victims, offenders, and communities are restored. Justice, therefore, is about relationships and our conduct within them. Justice asks, "How is righteousness embodied and exuded in how I live in relationship with God, neighbor, and creation?" Biblical justice is established and worked out within the confines of a relationship. The relational working out of justice is righteousness. This is why we are called to pursue right(eous) relationship with God. And through our realigned relationship with God, in Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, we "become the righteousness of God" (2 Cor. 5:21)." ~ Dominque Dubois Gillard
"The world is the cloister of the contemplative. Always the quest for justice draws one deeply into the heart of God. In this sacred interiorty, contemplation becomes the language of prayer and the impetus for prophetic action."
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​~ Barbara Holmes, Joy Unspeakable
SANKOFA is a word from the Akan tribe in Ghana. It means San (to return), ko (to go), and fa (to fetch, seek, and take). The bird, with its head turned backward, taking an egg off its back, embodies the meaning of Sankofa. Sankofa attests that we must look backward (into our history) before we can faithfully move forward together, in the present and future. The Sankofa experience does just this, by exploring historic sites of the Civil Rights Movement, connecting the freedom struggle of the past to our present realities. Sankofa is an invitation to understand race and caste systems as a critical component of our Christian discipleship. It is an interactive spiritual formation pilgrimage that equips Christians to pursue Jesus' righteousness, generosity, and justice inside and outside the church. This relational journey traces the history of caste systems and tangibly equips believers to embody Christ's mission of reconciliation and conciliation, integrating faith and works in transformative ways.
