liberal – John Backman

The Second Step Toward Dialogue Is a Doozy

By admin|2018-08-15T14:20:40-04:00August 15th, 2018|Dialogue and Language, Dialogue and Spirituality, Listening, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|

People ask me what my book is about. I tell them it’s about how to change from the inside out so you can talk with people who drive you nuts. They say, “Boy, do I [...]

Reading Material for the Dialogue Journey

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

I will be away from the laptop for a few weeks, so instead of an original post I thought I’d link you to some other food for dialogical thought. Read one a week, and it’ll [...]

Upcoming Dialogue: LGBT Issues and the Christian Church

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

When a pillar of our quasi-evangelical church came out in 1989, I had just started rethinking the whole issue of gender, sexuality, and the Bible. So I was not prepared for how torturous the resulting [...]