Five tips for having a rewarding Christian dialogue with an "adversary"

I love having a good conversation with someone who disagrees with me.
Over the years, I’ve had hundreds of these types of conversations –
mostly with colleagues in the church who disagree with me about the
place of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender faithful.

Though I don’t know many people who share my joy in opening up a
dialogue with those who they might call their “adversaries,” I believe
those conversations are critically important for us to have. This is
especially true if we are to better understand and eventually open our
neighbors’ minds to the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people in our churches.

So, with the hope that this will inspire you to pick up the phone,
and invite someone you currently think of as an “adversary” to talk, I’d
like to offer five tips on opening up a rewarding Christian dialogue
with a person in disagreement with you.