BLV is a community held together not by sameness, but by Jesus bridge-building power. Some of us have grown up bridging more than one culture or worldview or ethnic tradition (as a result of immigration, for example), which presents challenges, but also makes those of us role models of love.
Read MoreBLV is a community made up of people with many different stories and backgrounds. Those of us who are "not the religious type" offer a valuable perspective that our longtime churchgoing friends don't have, but we also tend to carry with us an ugly inheritance of unearned privilege.
Read MoreBLV is a community held together not by cultural sameness, but by Jesus' unique ability to build bridges. What are the positive and negative inheritances that people who have grown up going to church bring to our community?
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