Many thanks to all those who have made our Lenten Study series such a great experience...I include both the speakers and those who have come with questions and comments. It has been a very inspiring couple of meetings and there are more to come! Steve Crowe and Jim Ramsey really set the tone for the meetings with their straight forward comments and suggestions about making dialogue work between people who see things differently. This week Tom Saviello and Nate Libby offered us some important insight into how civil dialogue can be part of the political process. Tom suggests that politics works when there is friendship, trust, and respect among participants at all levels of government. Nate adds that in his opinion what makes dialogue possible is ...knowing what to bring up and what to leave on the table...to always be skepticle and look carefully at all dialogue...and finally, give others the benefit of the doubt. Good wisdom and a good meeting...definetly blessed by the Jesus who was "in the center" of our discussion.