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Welcome to the Raven Community<\/h2>\n
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No matter who you are or where you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here. We invite you to come with your faith and your doubts, your anxieties, wounds and hopes, and know that through it all you are loved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our Mission<\/h3>\n

Fostering and nurturing a welcoming community, we provide content, tools, resources, and events where seekers can experience God\u2019s unconditional love and total nonviolence as a healing presence in their lives. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our Vision<\/h3>\n

Together we are shifting the perception of Christianity as a weapon of judgment that is wielded against people into a way of life that is welcoming and loving to all.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our Approach<\/h3>\n

The journey to a more loving Christianity begins with recognizing how we scapegoat so that we can learn the truth of God\u2019s nonviolent love. <\/span>Through the mimetic insights of Ren\u00e9 Girard<\/a>, we unlearn the ways we have justified violence in God\u2019s name.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” el_class=”custom-container”][vc_column width=”1\/3″ el_class=”custom-image”][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”20642″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Why the Raven?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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If our mission is to share the truth of God\u2019s love and nonviolence, why name ourselves after a bird with a nasty reputation? The raven has been known as a harbinger of death and disaster from ancient Greece to Native American cultures, from Edgar Allen Poe to horror movies, so why the raven?<\/p>\n

Because when we learn the truth about the raven we begin to be able to tell a more truthful story about ourselves. Without truth-telling, justice and peace will remain forever out of reach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Truth About Ravens<\/h3>\n

It is true the raven is a carrion bird that feeds on the carcasses of dead animals, which isn\u2019t exactly cute and cuddly behavior. But it is not<\/i> true that because the raven flocks toward death his appearance means death is heading our way.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the truth about ravens? Naturalists tell us<\/a> that rather than having some sort of twisted relationship with death, they are playful and very intelligent birds. They make their own toys and have been observed sliding down snowbanks or flying loop-de-loops, apparently just for fun. Nothing to be afraid of here!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no big deal that even though the truth about ravens is readily accessible, we look away from the truth in order to enjoy being scared by horror movies or on Halloween. It doesn\u2019t matter much that a flock of ravens is still known as a \u201cmurder\u201d or an \u201cunkindness\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Truth About Ourselves<\/h3>\n

But it does matter if we can\u2019t learn to think differently about the false things we have been taught about ourselves, about God, and about the ravens of this world. Ravens are scapegoats and anytime we exclude others out of hate or fear, we make authentically peaceful community impossible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the bible we read that God sent many prophets to condemn scapegoating violence and to proclaim God\u2019s all-encompassing love. One prophet named Elijah so angered a violent king that his life was in danger. So God told Elijah to hide in a deserted riverbed till it was safe to come out. \u201cI have commanded the ravens to feed you there,\u201d God told the prophet. And \u201cthe ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We embrace our name because even though ravens may inspire fear or suffer false accusations, God knows the truth. God knows that ravens are like everyone else, a mix of good intentions and broken promises. No one\u2019s perfect and everyone falls short of their best selves, but God doesn\u2019t wait for us to be perfect \u2013 God calls us to love and serve God by serving one another. So in a spirit of hope and humility, we invite you to join us in the riverbed for a time of healing and renewal for yourself and the entire human community.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” el_class=”psr fruits-bg”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”19988″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”custom-section-title”][vc_column][vc_wp_text title=”Our Values”]Our values are rooted in the nonviolent, unconditional love of God as revealed in scripture and in Jesus. His death as a victim of scapegoating violence calls us to listen to the voices of our scapegoats. Knowing this helps us to recognize our own scapegoating, see the humanity in others, and heal our image of God.[\/vc_wp_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”custom-container content-odd”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”19977″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” el_class=”round-image”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Pause<\/h5>\n

The first step away from violence and scapegoating is often a step back from the tit-for-tat cycle of conflict. In conflict we can be reactive and lose sight of our best selves. When conflict escalates, the God who is Love is crowded out by anger and hate. Pausing makes spiritual space for the Spirit to enter in and open up possibilities for creative alternatives to emerge.<\/p>\n

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Love<\/h5>\n

As we learn the truth about human violence, we must never lose sight of the most important truth of all: that God loves both victims and perpetrators, both sinners and saints. At different times in our lives \u2013 sometimes at different times of the day! \u2013 we can find ourselves playing shifting roles. But whether we are our best selves or our worst, there is nothing we can do to separate ourselves from the love of God. It is this love that makes it possible to learn the truth about ourselves and to share that truth in a hospitable way with others.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”150px”][vc_single_image image=”20644″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” el_class=”round-image”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Learn<\/h5>\n

The pause is a time for learning the truth about violence. Guided by the mimetic insights of Ren\u00e9 Girard, we learn to recognize the ways we have justified violence in God\u2019s name. We begin to read the bible as Jesus taught us to read \u2013 to see more and more clearly that if you are seeking God, the best place to find God is among victims. In the complete revelation that is the cross of Christ, we learn what God looks like \u2013 an unjustly murdered victim of state sponsored violence.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”150px”][vc_single_image image=”20645″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” el_class=”round-image”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Create<\/h5>\n

Equipped with self-awareness, healed and nourished by the miracle of God\u2019s love, we find ourselves empowered to disrupt the cycle of violence, first within our own hearts and relationships, and then in society as a whole. Calming fears, quieting the frenzy of conflict, and extending God\u2019s love to all of Creation makes possible a new Creation in which authentic peace and universal justice become available to all people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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