INCLUSION MEANS means everyone has particular contributions to make here. This is less about engineering institutional effectiveness and more about maintaining a commitment to be an accessible community that nurtures life-giving relationships. Communion with God makes possible authentic communion with others. Encounters with divine love create abiding relationships that are creatively reciprocal, not transactional in cold or calculating ways. An inclusive community therefore intentionally creates and guards space for others, whether that means deliberately elevating another person’s contributions or engaging in vicarious service for the sake of those who are burdened by oppression. Inclusion must be a priority in all aspects of institutional life and pedagogical activity to ensure that voices are represented and stubborn barriers to communal participation and generous representation are removed.
A CHRISTIAN PRACTICE: Communion. In the Lord’s Supper the living Christ hosts the table and welcomes all, leaving no one hungry. When we partake in this meal we collectively bear witness to new creation coming into existence, for we embody a community that renounces dominance and makes room for everyone. Feasting with Christ while pursuing joyful fellowship with one another, we embody the truths that God’s promises are for
~ from Luther Seminary's Calling to ABIDE