Difference Doesn’t Have To Be Dangerous | August 9, 2026

Researcher and author Brené Brown writes about the connection between dehumanization and violence. Before people can commit extraordinary violence, they first have to stop seeing other people as fully human. They become labels, threats, problems, or enemies instead of people. The Bible tells us the same thing, through story. Genesis, and the Bible as a whole, begins by telling us that every person is created in the image of God. So violence doesn't begin with the first punch or the first weapon - that’s just when we finally recognize it has arrived. Violence begins when we stop recognizing God's image in the person standing before us. And that's exactly what happens in Joseph's family.