Fully convinced in their own minds

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My roommate in seminary was and still is a vegetarian. I grew up eating, and still occasionally enjoy, Spam. Our understanding of food could not have been any more different, and those first few months of negotiating our shared kitchen posed some challenges.

We both agreed, however, that we loved to eat. And once we found some common ground—namely ice cream and Thai food—we got along famously. She continues to be one of my closest friends and colleagues in ministry.