One of my favorite theologians writes about dialogue:
“The dialogical-dialogue is not a simple conversation, not a mere mutual enrichment by the supplementary information that is contributed; it is not exclusively a corrective of misunderstandings … It is the joint search for the shared and the different. It is the mutual fecundation of what each one contributes …It is the implicit and explicit recognition that we are not self-sufficient … God is the one who makes it possible for dialogue to be more than the mere sterile crossing of two monologues."
This is a good idea, especially given that a conference or symposium on homosexuality and the church is being planned for the Pacific Northwest.
I've been asked to help, and so I will. Perhaps this will help me explore more fully the questions that linger in my mind and in my soul.
Today is a good day. I look up and feel a sense of hope!
"God is the one who makes it possible for dialogue to be more than the mere sterile crossing of two monologues." who said that?
ReplyDeleteI like it. I like it because i think so much conversation is just people monolouging at eachother. I was listening to some kids talking today, and it was very obviously the case. I don't know that it is any different with most adult conversations only we have learned how to look like we are listening. Really all to often, we fail to truely listen adn we are just preparing what we can say next.