Posts Tagged ‘ dialogue ’

The ABCs of Turning Friends Into Enemies

August 23, 2012
The ABCs of Turning Friends Into Enemies

While I think the virtual reality of public political discourse is probably beyond salvaging, we needn’t bring the bad behaviors we see there home to our families, friendships, or workplace, creating an us vs. them dynamic there. Crucial Conversations may provide a positive way to engage in healthy dialogue that creates a shared pool of meaning rather than alienating, baiting, and categorizing – the political tools of turning friends into enemies. (There is a poll embedded in the post)

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Dehlin asks, “Where do we go?”

July 23, 2012
Dehlin asks, “Where do we go?”

The Church’s correlated manuals are narrowly focused on topics the Church wants to reinforce with members.  When members want to learn more about Church history, there really aren’t any resources availabe to Church members, and in the past, it seems the Church has tried to discourage participation in events like Sunstone Symposia, or reading Dialogue [...]

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Pop Mormon Studies: John Dehlin’s Gift to Mormonism

July 4, 2012
Pop Mormon Studies: John Dehlin’s Gift to Mormonism

When it comes to issues in church history and theology, we have the research. But how do we popularize that research?

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An Argument For Bloggernacle Participation by the Faithful

June 22, 2012
An Argument For Bloggernacle Participation by the Faithful

For the past week we’ve discussed what we believe Wheat & Tares contributes to the larger dialogue about the Mormon faith, exposing parts of a conversation that has been occurring behind the scenes for weeks. Hawk has articulated who we are with guidelines that we’ll post to the site permanently. Andrew has shared his views [...]

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Posted in Agency, Faith, Mormon Belief | 49 Comments »

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