Becoming All Things - How Small Changes Lead To Lasting Connections Across Cultures

Healthy relationships across cultures are possible. Dr. Michelle Reyes takes a close look at the concept of cultural accommodation found in Scripture—and especially in the letter of 1 Corinthians—to redefine how Christians interact with cultural narratives that are different from their own.

Christians—whose standard of living is oneness in Christ, whose gospel is radically nonexclusive—should be at the frontlines of justice and of cross-cultural unity. But many of us struggle to reach outside of our own cultural bubbles and form real relationships that move beyond stereotypes and lead to understanding, healing, and solidarity across cultural lines.

Why is that?

• Why is it so difficult to reconcile our call to be united in Christ with a celebration of different cultural expressions?
• What are the reasons for cultural differences and how do they so often lead to stereotyping, appropriation, gentrification,