This week on The Shape of the Circle, Cami and Brian sit down with Troy Cotton to move past the Sunday school answers and get into the "26-part formula" of systemic reality. Using the prophet Amos as a guide, the team wrestles with the gap between righteousness (equity) and justice (the action required to restore it). From the streets of Milwaukee to the suburbs of Muskego, we’re pulling no punches on why some schools feel like state-of-the-art launchpads while others—literally converted from old jails—still feel like prisons to the kids inside them.
Troy shares the raw, unfiltered reality of "competing with the government," where the system often incentivizes singleness over marriage and punishes promotions with the loss of vital benefits. We explore the heavy conversations about image and safety that "SPF-50" families rarely have to navigate, ultimately looking for the Way of the Cross in a segregated world. This episode is an invitation to stop yelling across the fence and start feeling the "weight of the other side" through a Holy Spirit moment of true compassion.
