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Scenario

When faith communities contain both crime victims and families of the condemned

My faith community is doing a sermon series on social justice and when our pastor asked for input on addressing the death penalty, it revealed that our congregation has people whose family members were murder victims alongside people who've had loved ones on death row. We're all sitting in the same pews but we've never acknowledged this tension and now we have to figure out how to have this conversation without causing more pain.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sacred space becomes complicated when the congregation includes people on opposite sides of unimaginable trauma.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The death penalty — all perspectives?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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