Our denomination and indeed, the larger community of progressive-minded people, understand
well the need for transformative change. We also understand that this goal presents significant
challenges. However, it seems we often give voice to the idea of risk and challenge but not the
specifics of what those challenges entail and how we might practically overcome them. Today I’d
like to focus on a major hurdle to change, and that is that humans are quite thoroughly and
robustly hardwired to resist it. Pastor Joshua Berg will speak today.