The Unraveling

Jessica Abell

January 20, 2022

RevJessAbell, Identity & worth, Faith Transition, Faith in Action, Community, Change, Action

For so many experiencing this deconstruction, the source of all that knowing seems to have disappeared. And surely the previous authorities dictating the shape, the form of your faith have fallen away. The Divine pulse of love that permeates all creation feels out of reach.

Jessica Abell

January 13, 2022

Change, Action, Community, Evil, Faith in Action, Fear, Power, RevJessAbell, Truth and Reconciliation

What to do with a failed coup -Truth & Reconciliation

Jessica Abell

January 13, 2022

Change, Action, Community, Evil, Faith in Action, Fear, Power, RevJessAbell, Truth and Reconciliation

What to do with a failed coup -Truth & Reconciliation

Restorative justice is hard, intimidating. We are used to a retributive model, wherein crimes are punished, criminals become marked as separate, and punishment is harsh. We have dallied in this country with some rehabilitative justice models, and those are of course more effective than the retributive, but less politically popular, rarely fully funded, and still missing the mark.