Conversation 1 — https://youtu.be/2wlNUJ_DHCM

Conversation 2 — https://youtu.be/u52v7IZuFSw

Conversation 3 — https://youtu.be/V3q9ZYzQml8

Conversation 4. https://youtu.be/zgBSn83uyeE

Conversation 5: https://youtu.be/JV3NpL6bE1c

Conversation 6: https://youtu.be/HLYdm585hRY

Conversation 7: https://youtu.be/Hmh5n9Reg8s

Websites: NAACP San Diego — https://www.sandiegonaacp.org   NAACP National — https://www.naacp.org   Police Officers Bill of Rights — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Officers%27_Bill_of_Rights   Quick reminder and history lesson on The Boston Tea Party https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party   Quick reminder and history lesson on the founding of the Confederate State of America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America   https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/    https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/05/28/police-shootings-black-americans-disproportionately-affected-infographic/#12429a6959f7    information about Lena Horne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Horne   information about Rep. John Lewis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Le…)   More information about Redlining as described in the conversation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining   Website for those interested in supporting black owned businesses in the San Diego area as discussed in the conversation — https://buyblacksd.com/home/   Articles/TED Talks   (Short Article) — White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack By Peggy McIntosh https://nationalseedproject.org/images/documents/Knapsack_plus_Notes-Peggy_McIntosh.pdf    (TED Talk) – The Urgency of Intersectionality – Kimberlé Crenshaw — https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality   (TED Talk) – Racism Has a Cost for Everyone – Heather C. McGhee — https://www.ted.com/talks/heather_c_mcghee_racism_has_a_cost_for_everyone   Voice of San Diego Article about police interaction in Southeastern San Diego https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/public-safety/southeastern-san-diego-residents-say-police-interactions-start-as-young-as-6/   CNN Article about how cameras have corrected police reporting of encounters https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/police-reports-lying-videos-misconduct-trnd/index.html   NY Times article to begin your understanding about qualified immunity  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/us/politics/qualified-immunity.html   Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html   Article:  Interracial Interaction Disability: A Problem for Integrated Education By Elizabeth G. Cohen https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1…   news release about NAACP joining boycott of Facebook advertising:  https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/naa…   CNN Article referenced about color bias in young children  https://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/13/dol…   “Don’t stop with the police: Check racism in the prosecutor’s office” by Rachel Cicurel, Washington Post, July 9, 2020   “Study: COVID-19 lockdowns hit black-owned small business the hardest” by Aaron Ross Coleman, Vox, Jule 10, 2020     Books: Beloved by Toni Morrison — https://bookshop.org/books/beloved/9781400033416   Race Matters by Cornel West – https://bookshop.org/books/race-matters-25th-anniversary-with-a-new-introduction/9780807008836   The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin — https://bookshop.org/books/the-fire-next-time/9780679744726   The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander — https://bookshop.org/books/the-new-jim-crow-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness-anniversary/9781620971932   Two Nations: Black and White, separate, Hostile, Unequal by Andrew Hacker — https://bookshop.org/books/two-nations-black-and-white-separate-hostile-unequal/9780743238243   Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris — https://bookshop.org/books/pushout-the-criminalization-of-black-girls-in-schools-9781620973424/9781620973424   Any and Every book written by Henry Lewis Gates Jr. — https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=henry+louis+gates+jr.   From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century, by William A. Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen, Apr 20, 2020 https://bookshop.org/books/from-here-to-equality-reparations-for-black-americans-in-the-twenty-first-century/9781469654973   If you are interested in buying any of these books and would like to support a Black-owned local bookstore at the same time, click here for a list of stores who are accepting online orders in this time.     Film/Television: Limited Series — When They See Us — https://www.netflix.com/title/80200549   Film Documentary — 13th — https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741   Feature Film — Hidden Figures— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

• Self screen for Covid19 symptons before arriving to church (fever, cough, shortness of breath)
• Park nearest the Sanctuary and enter the Quad at the southwest corner
• Be screened by ushers
• Let the usher know if you need a chair or can stand or sit on the grass for the 10 minute service
• Wear a mask (if you don’t have one we will give you one)
• Stay socially distanced

 

DON’T

• Come to campus if you are experiencing any of the Covid19 symptoms
• Violate the social distancing standards (if found in violation this experience could be shuttered)
• Park under the solar panels and pass through the Preschool area (especially Wednesdays). We are adhering to very strict licensing guidelines for operating the Preschool and we do not want to jeopardize these operations with non-essential people entering the Preschool space.  
• Expect a full worship service….this is a simple time of prayer, liturgy and receiving of the Sacrament

Written by: Intern Sam B. Nguyen

Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:23-26

 

Rarely in life do we find ourselves in major conflict with the people we care about. If anything, most of the friction we might have is pretty minor. But just because conflict or friction is small doesn’t mean that it doesn’t matter, especially when it happens a lot. When I was younger I got into a lot of these kinds of conflicts with my sister. Whether it was over who got to use the car or how long we used our shared bathroom in the mornings, arguments were a common part of our sibling relationship. While we both were willing to ignore these conflicts and all the minor ways that we annoyed each other, those little things always ended up building over time and would lead to bigger and bigger arguments. Sometimes, we really resented each other over these small things.

Jesus reminds us that all arguments and conflicts are worth confronting, dealing with, and forgiving. Whether they are the big arguments that feel heavy or the small conflicts that we think we can just ignore, Jesus encourages us to speak to those that we have something against or that have something against us so that we can reconcile with them. In this passage, Jesus says that we shouldn’t even participate in certain faith practices before we make things right with those who we are in conflict with.