2011 – John Backman

Dialogue and Christmasâ€”the Holidaysâ€”Whatever

Weâ€™ve talked a lot about the need for precise language, [...]

By admin|2011-12-23T08:20:20-05:00December 23, 2011|Dialogue and Civility, Dialogue and Language, Dialogue and Spirituality|0 Comments

Christians and the Call to Dialogue

We Christians are notorious for fighting. We fight among ourselves [...]

By admin|2011-12-16T15:21:59-05:00December 16, 2011|Dialogue and Spirituality|0 Comments

Reflections on the Dialogue: LGBTQ Issues and the Christian Church

Hello, my friends. Itâ€™s so nice to be back with [...]

By admin|2011-12-10T09:55:40-05:00December 10, 2011|Dialogue and Current Events, Dialogue and LGBTQ Issues, Dialogue and Spirituality, Other people's good ideas, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|0 Comments

Reading Material for the Dialogue Journey

I will be away from the laptop for a few [...]

By admin|2011-10-26T08:35:14-04:00October 26, 2011|Dialogue and Current Events, Dialogue and Spirituality|0 Comments

Taboo for Dialogue

If you scanned the headline quickly, you may have misread [...]

By admin|2011-10-14T13:32:43-04:00October 14, 2011|Dialogue and Language, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|0 Comments

Fearing the Change That Dialogue May Bring

Last week I told you about a dozen or so [...]

By admin|2011-10-07T08:18:03-04:00October 7, 2011|Dialogue and Current Events, Dialogue and Spirituality|0 Comments

Upcoming Dialogue: LGBT Issues and the Christian Church

When a pillar of our quasi-evangelical church came out in [...]

By admin|2011-09-30T07:48:51-04:00September 30, 2011|Dialogue and Civility, Dialogue and Current Events, Dialogue and Spirituality, Other people's good ideas, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|4 Comments

Why Facts and Logic Aren’t Enough

Scene 1: A buddy forwards me an email that rails [...]

By admin|2011-09-23T08:54:45-04:00September 23, 2011|Dialogue and Spirituality, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|2 Comments

Dialogue and the Rabbit Show

Last weekend I helped run a rabbit and cavy show. [...]

By admin|2011-09-16T08:11:42-04:00September 16, 2011|Dialogue and Civility, Dialogue and Language, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|3 Comments

St. James on Dialogue

How do you engage in dialogue when your tongue is [...]

By admin|2011-09-07T13:33:46-04:00September 7, 2011|Dialogue and Language, Dialogue and Spirituality, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|0 Comments