The Dialogue

Common Ground

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
- Colossians 4:6


Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together. 

- Scilla Elworthy (From Sojourners)

So much of what we've gone through in the past 13 years is because we've become confrontational. We've chosen sides. The guiding principle, "Those who shout the loudest are convinced they've won." Anybody in our tribe must pass a purity test. Anybody willing to compromise is tainted and a traitor to the cause. This came to a head on January Sixth. It can easily continue for the foreseeable future. 

Do you want to help change this? Start by listening. Then speak when it is your turn.