Practical Steps Toward Dialogue – Page 5 – John Backman

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

Reading the Media That Tell Me I’m Right

How many conservatives read Mother Jones? How many progressives ever [...]

By admin|2011-08-22T08:11:05-04:00August 22, 2011|Dialogue and Current Events, Dialogue and Media, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|0 Comments

Tapping into the Ordinary to Restart Dialogue

I camped out at my favorite Starbucks this morning with [...]

By admin|2011-07-29T08:56:47-04:00July 29, 2011|Dialogue and Civility, Dialogue and Current Events, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|2 Comments

The Glorious Internet: Closer to Dialogue or Further Away?

Remember all those long-ago TV ads that trumpeted the vast [...]

By admin|2011-07-25T08:33:28-04:00July 25, 2011|Dialogue and Current Events, Dialogue and Media, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|2 Comments

(The Lack of) Dialogue and the Debt Ceiling

Every now and then, our elected officials provide an object [...]

By admin|2011-07-15T08:48:33-04:00July 15, 2011|Dialogue and Civility, Dialogue and Current Events, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|0 Comments

The Conversations That Made Same-Sex Marriage Happen in New York

(Dear Reader: Yes, I have been absent from these pixels [...]

By admin|2011-07-07T07:31:54-04:00July 7, 2011|Dialogue and Current Events, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|0 Comments

That’s Not What I Meant

If youâ€™ve read this blog for any length of time, [...]

By admin|2011-06-17T08:30:02-04:00June 17, 2011|Dialogue and Language, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|0 Comments

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