Exploring Reconciliation Narratives

We live our lives within conscious and unconscious narratives. The narratives that structure our lives have been passed to us through children's literature, folk tales, myths, and traditional stories, family and cultural histories, and Scriptural narratives. Conflict and broken relationships can often be understood as a clash of narratives; injustice can be understood as worldly realities that clash with the prophetic narrative of the realm of God; and reconciliation can occur when individuals and communities can build and live into preferred shared narratives. As theologians (both professional and lay) it is helpful to understand the source of the narratives that are structuring conflicts and informing our sense of justice.

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