Relationships are hard. Relationships in community can be harder still. When being invited into richer, more vulnerable connections with one another, hurts inevitably happen. Finding our way back to real repair requires more than a simple apology. In her book, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg explores the writings of the medieval philosopher Maimonides. Maimonides laid out a very specific process for moving from brokenness to repair — a process, she says, that could help untangle the most challenging of interpersonal struggles and international disputes.
Rev. Lydia Ferrante-Roseberry loves helping congregations thrive. She served congregations as a minister for 25 years, including as the former minister of the Boulder Valley UU Fellowship in Lafayette, CO. Currently, she is bringing three passions together — helping congregations develop a culture of generosity as a Stewardship for Us consultant, advancing justice and compassion in Colorado as an organizer for Together CO, and building a community of embodied wisdom-seekers as a co-founder the Interplay CO region.
