She is a graduate of Dartmouth and the associate professor of the practice of reconciliation at Duke Divinity School. Sharing her personal story, Dr. Christena Cleveland invites us into her life and the reality of the privileges that she received from her parents. She unpacks the meanings of privilege, challenges the myth of individualism and explains why we need to pray privilege forward.
Christena Cleveland, author of Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart, shares what Jesus is about: bridging divides, standing in the gap, crossing cultures.
Using insight from the field of psychology and hoping to bring unity to the Body of Christ, Christena Cleveland offers techniques for small groups to influence their church or organization in a recent post: “How a small group of reconcilers can influence a church or organization.”