Heroes and the Challenge of Dissent

In preparing last week's presentation I stumbled across an interview of Richard Cizik as part of a forum on the Cost of Dissent in the Workplace. Other participants included Matthew Alexander who demonstrated the ineffectiveness the US military's efforts with "enhanced interrogation techniques" in Iraq in 2006, and Elizabeth MacKenzie Biedell, a former intelligance analyst who wrote daily briefings for the White House and senior cabinet leaders during the buildup to the Iraq war.
Each of these individuals stepped out of their ranks to say, in effect, "this is not right" and then each bore the burnt of being a truth-teller. Their stories give some depth to the beatitude appearing in Matthew, "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven", and that appearing in Luke, "Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil..."

Please join us as we hear the voices of these people who paid a price for doing the right thing. We'll be delighted to see you. And has usual, loving childcare is provided.