Reflection by David Lai Education Team Leader Amidst all the other dramatic headlines of the past month, I ran across a local article detailing the Silicon Valley Index ’s recently released report on income inequality here at home. There’s a lot of expected results: tech makes up a big share of our economy, the region remains generally diverse albeit racially segregated, health and education remain generally accessible. I was also not surprised to read that affordable housing

Reflection by David Lai Education Team Leader Growing up, it was hard for me to understand why anyone was a Pharisee. The impression I got from Sunday School was that they were not just legalistic and not very much fun, but also greedy, prideful, and spiteful. Or, as the children’s song I once learned put it: Don’t wanna be a Pharisee Don’t wanna be a Pharisee ‘Cause they’re not fair you see Don’t wanna be a Pharisee Yet as I’ve gotten older and learned more about church his