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@m_rosenfield Thank you, Marlene (who, for everyone else's information, is quite the accomplished author herself!). 6:12 AM May 24th via web in reply to m_rosenfield
@JLggM Thank you so much! And I appreciate the RT as well. I'm so looking forward to getting this out into the world. 6:03 AM May 18th via web in reply to JLggM
My pet theory of "rules and rascals" and the need for dialogue between them: tinyurl.com/6vsztfn #dialogue 5:24 AM May 18th via web
NEWS: This fall, SkyLight Paths Publishing will publish my book, Why Can't We Talk? Dialogue as a Habit of the Heart. tinyurl.com/caynbtx 6:10 AM May 15th via web
@paulhook How did YOU get in here? HAHAHAHA 5:58 AM May 12th via web in reply to paulhook
You know, we should just set a time and make it happen. I may have to schedule breathing before too long. How are Sundays for you? 6:40 AM May 11th via web
I find it so hard to be gentle with myself and my own (slooow) progress in #spirituality. You too? tinyurl.com/87rdnwo #Christian 5:32 AM Apr 27th via web
What Good Friday might tell us about dialogue: tinyurl.com/86f46yz #Christian #dialogue #spirituality 6:12 AM Apr 7th via web
A few thoughts, humbly submitted, about Trayvon Martin and holding paradoxes in one's heart. tinyurl.com/6thcquz #Trayvon 5:44 AM Mar 31st via web
Authentic Freedom is hosting a guest blog tour. Great insights on #spirituality. Yes, I'm there too! yourspiritualtruth.com #Christian 9:27 AM Mar 28th via web
How do we move from cynicism to hope? My friend Kim addresses that in her response to my post last week. tinyurl.com/6mkxsgm #Christian 5:56 AM Mar 16th via web
It's so easy to be cynical these days--and so counterproductive. The original Cynics can teach us here: tinyurl.com/7uddqaf #dialogue #NCDD 7:15 AM Mar 10th via web
What if Washington leaders practiced humility? An explanation of how it might happen: tinyurl.com/7p2vlq4 #dialogue #StateoftheUnion 5:52 AM Jan 25th via web
What's the most extraordinary #dialogue you've ever had? Feel free to share your story: dialogueventure.com/2012/01/19/wha… 12:06 PM Jan 19th via web
A Jesus for the Great Recession (and other dark times) to bridge the gap between Christmas and Lent: tinyurl.com/7q7mbk7 #Christian #Jesus 5:33 AM Jan 16th via web
Dreamers, realists, progressives, conservatives: why we all need one another. tinyurl.com/6s8p7py #dialogue #Christianity #LGBTQ 6:40 AM Jan 14th via web
How do you draw up the guest list for a "gay Christian dialogue"? You could let the "crowd" do it. tinyurl.com/7j4y4s5 #dialogue #Christian 6:07 AM Jan 11th via web
michellequillin My Take: Santorum’s evangelical surge is about more than Christian Right bit.ly/xLjdUu by @latondresse 7:38 PM Jan 5th via web Retweeted by backwrite
Of cynics, third parties, reform movements, and whether they hold any hope for us: tinyurl.com/76j4gpb #dialogue #NCDD #Occupy 6:13 AM Jan 6th via web
What does Jesus think of dialogue? Here's my best guess: tinyurl.com/c8oy7so What does your faith say about this? 2:26 PM Dec 16th, 2011 via web

Name John Backman
Location New York (not the city)
Web http://www.dialog...
Bio Author of Why Can't We Talk? Dialogue as a Habit of the Heart (SkyLight Paths Publishing, available fall 2012). Associate in an order of Episcopal monasteries.