So my friends blog is being a little sketchy so this post is actually a reply to his Post... Make Sense?
OK!
Before you read my reply, read his post, it is very very.... You guessed it... interesting.
Matt Scott's Post: Conversing With The Other
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Matt, is interesting to hear you say that you struggled to listen and hear what others say. Well only sort of now that i really think about it. One reason being the fact that your wife loves you for being so open to hear her thoughts and opinions on things as you grow together. But i also understand how you could consider yourself struggling with that with the desire to question everything (most everything) and not just listen.
But it is fun and actually really cool for me to hear you are a part of a group, a cohort as you put it, of diverse people with multiple views. Excited and wish i had something of the sort. (Hint hint) i mean i would just like to visit, but that is off point.
What i am trying to say is that i am sure you could realize at times it is hard for me to just listen. Just listen and not offer advice or thoughts or whatever i feel i should, but then i just rest and am still and God has grown me in that. One last thing, just a thought, bullet point number two seems contradictory to itself and the blog. Maybe i am just putting a different light on it. But... lets discuss.
1 comments, questions, concerns:
Awesome, speaking of shitty blogging platforms making commenting nearly impossible, blogger takes the cake. We'll try this again (and shorter this time, because I hate typing things 2x)
I'm not advocating here, as you seem to imply, a passive sort of listening, where one simply sits and lets the speaker have their say. We do too much of that already, in churches and such. What I am advocating for is a conversation in which we hear the other side out, to fully comprehend a point one must ask questions, one must at least attempt to understand the other, but understanding doesn't come through simply hearing.
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As far as the cohort meeting, you are more than welcome (I say encouraged) to come, diversity is welcome and you'd probably bring a voice to the conversation not yet represented. We meet the second Tuesday of each month at Johnnie MacCrackens (I think it's caddy corner to the Aussie Bakery on the square) @ 7:00 pm. I've enjoyed both of the meetings we've had, and I think we're getting to the point where everyone is a bit more comfortable in speaking their own minds, thus the conversation is quite interesting.
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