Rev. Dr. Charles “Buddy” Parish is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Sweet Water, Florida. Our conversation today centers on reconciliation. His passion to see believers be reconciled to each other across racial and ethnic lines has taken him to unusual places to see and learn how reconciliation can be possible when we are intentional. Building relationships with others who may not look like us, speak like us, or who have been our enemies begin with conversation and relationship. There can be no reconciliation without confession.  No people of any race, ethnicity, tribe, or religion are a monolithic group. We must get to know each other while at the same time realizing that there are also community or institutional systems that also need to be reconciled. #abovethenoise24 Stay in touch: Email us at: [email protected] Facebook: @abovethenoise24 Instagram: abovethenoise_gm Podcast art by Mario Christie.