Da Don Shankster
’Yan’uwa daga Arizona da California sun taru a karshen mako na biyu na watan Nuwamba don taron gunduma na 52 na gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma a La Verne, Calif. Eric Bishop ne ya jagoranci taron na bana, inda ya zabi taken “Adalci: An Kira Su Zama Kiristoci Masu Adalci” daga Matiyu 5. kuma 25.
Labarin Eric da kansa nazari ne a kan adalci, ko kuma rashin adalci. Ya girma a yankin Los Angeles, ya kasance a tsakiyar tarzoma biyo bayan wanke jami'an da aka yi a Rodney King. Yana da gogewa ta farko ta yadda ake jan shi akai-akai don a tambaye shi ko ya saci motar da yake tukawa. Kuma yanzu muna ci gaba da ganin guguwar watsa labarai game da rashin adalci na tsarin da ke ci gaba da bayyana matasa masu launi.
Makon taron gundumomi ya yi murabus daga mukamin shugaban jami'ar Missouri saboda jujjuyawar ido daga kalaman kabilanci da cin zarafin dalibai a harabar jami'ar. Don haka a taron gunduma an yi zaman kan adalci, ƙalubalen ɗauko hanyar adalci na Yesu don kawo adalci a cikin al’ummominmu a yau, zaman kan bambance-bambancen al’adu, da yadda za a daidaita waɗannan.
An ba da fastoci da shugabannin cocin zama kafin taron a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Jeffrey Jones mai taken “Facing Rage, Neman Bege: Sabbin Yiwuwa ga Ikklisiya Masu Amintacce.” Jones ya ba da shawarar fuskantar gaskiyar al'adun da ke kewaye da mu, gaskiyar rayuwar coci, sannan kuma yin sabbin tambayoyi. Tsofaffin tambayoyi da matakan nasara ba su da amfani. Maimakon ƙoƙarin kawo farkawa a cikin tsoffin hanyoyin da ba sa aiki, dole ne mu zurfafa cikin bangaskiyarmu, mu sa Ruhu Mai Tsarki wajen neman jagora ga majami'u.
Maimakon tambayar, "Ta yaya za mu kawo su?" Jones ya ba da shawarar tambayar, "Ta yaya za mu aika da su?" Maimakon "Me ya kamata fasto yayi?" ka yi tambaya, “Mene ne hidimar ikilisiyarmu?” Maimakon "Mene ne hangen nesanmu?" tambaya, "Mene ne Ubangiji kuma ta yaya za mu shiga?" Maimakon "Me muke yi don ceton mutane?" muna tambaya, “Me muke yi don mu sa sarautar Allah ta ƙara kasancewa a wannan lokaci da wuri?”
A lokacin zaman da ibada mun ji labaran coci-coci suna neman hanyoyin yin adalci a cikin al'ummominsu-misali, yin fakitin "softball" don kaiwa marasa gida, da man goge baki, goge baki, safa, da sauransu.
Taron ya yi aiki tare da tambaya mai taken "Rayuwa Tare kamar yadda Kiristi ke Kira," wanda ke neman samun tushen tashin hankali tsakanin membobin cocin. Wakilan sun yanke shawarar karbe shi kuma su aika zuwa taron shekara-shekara don nazari a wannan bazara mai zuwa.
Za a gudanar da Babban Taron Gundumar Kudu maso Yamma na 2016 a Modesto (Calif.) Church of Brother tare da John Price a matsayin mai gudanarwa. An zaɓi Sara Haldeman-Scarr a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa, don yin aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa a cikin 2017.
- Don Shankster fasto ne na cocin Papago Buttes na 'yan'uwa a Scottsdale, Ariz., a gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso yamma.