Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
Dr. Raleigh Washington, the president and CEO of Promise Keepers and spokesperson for racial reconciliation, often would pepper his talks with the catch phrase “not for guilt, just for understanding.”
He was asking for a deeper listen than our normal tendency to close our minds and react when we hear something challenging or contrary to our thinking. He used this phrase often as he was having a difficult conversation with his audience about race.
Such conversations are often like walking through a minefield. Dr. Washington was inviting his audience to listen—without blowing up his character, intent, or facts before he made his point.
I want to have one of those conversations. I will be tiptoeing from sentence to sentence.
Recommended Citation
Morse, MaryKate, "3 Formational Practices for Difficult Conversations Every Church Can Learn" (2017). Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary. 211.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gfes/211
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