I Should Learn Something From This
May 2nd, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Donald Miller has a great post over at his blog on civil discourse.
There must be truth, but there must also be acceptance, regardless of whether somebody disagrees. This methodology frees the person to make an objective decision. When we become angry or condescending we take the truth and wrap it in a toxic-candy shell and get frustrated when people don’t like it. Truth wrapped in grace is more easily digested.
In today’s very polarized climate, it seems very hard to say anything without pissing someone off. I have been guilty of adding to the rancor by some of my snarky blog posts, Facebook & Tumblr updates, and comments. For this I apologize.
Principals of civil dialogue from Donald Miller.
- Truth is not My Truth, it’s Just Truth
- Methodology is Part of the Message
- Without a Loving Heart, I am Like a Clanging Cymbal
- The Other Person has Sovereignty
- I Could be Wrong
The whole post is worth the read. I’ll try to take it to heart.
