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CORE100 -- Big Ideas: Effective Reasoning and Communication: Mercy Values

Mercy Values

Mercy: a willingness to enter the chaos of another’s experience in order to ease their pain, to bring one’s heart to their pain

Justice: right relationships among all created beings so that all move steadily toward fullness of life

Hospitality: an openness of heart and mind which allows one to be at home with oneself and others

Service: generosity in sharing one’s talent and time to help address the need of individuals and communities

Mercy Critical Concerns

Earth: sustainability of all life by caring for Earth’s ecosystems, addressing global climate change, and advocating for the fundamental right to clean water.

Immigration: solidarity with immigrants, refugees, and victims of human trafficking, seeking with them a more just and inclusive world.

Nonviolence: improve our personal practice of nonviolence and peacemaking, to collaborate with organizations that foster peace, and to change violent systems and structures.

Racism: become an anti-racist multicultural community because we believe racism is an evil affecting us all.

Women: give special attention to women’s education, health, and spirituality through our legislative advocacy, our schools, healthcare institutions, and spirituality centers.