If You Can’t Change What They Think, Change What They Feel

When I was a high school theology teacher, there were two incredibly intelligent students that, I have to admit, were a challenge to teach.

Ben and Jerry (not their real names) were smarter than me and they liked to show it.

Any chance they got, they would question what I was teaching with counter-arguments and objections.

The upside was that I found myself trying to prepare for the objections, creating a defense for them before they started.

The downside was, though, that whether I “won” or “los...