The Heart of Good Dialogue

"Let the peace that Christ gives control your thinking. You were all called together in one body to have peace. Always be thankful." Colossians 3:15 (International Childrens Bible)

After something like fifteen hours of intense dialogue this past weekend during the Discerning Retreat, I felt like I needed a silence transfusion. But that need did not diminish my joy over the radical thing I got to do. We were definitely "called together in one body" – for real, not just in theory. And we had...