Pulling up a chair doesn’t mean you avoid the hard conversations. In fact, it invites you to walk on the wild side of some controversial topics. You must be bold enough to step into risky conversations. Conversations that can cause your heart to explode when you’re in the middle of them. Conversations that leave you mentally, emotionally, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted when they are over. Jesus never dodged a risky conversation. But If we are going to be like Jesus in our interactions, we are going to have to learn how to be bold in grace and in truth in the hard conversations.

We are fractured, polarized, and divided than ever before. Turn on the TV and find pundits yelling at each other. Check your social media and find friends vilifying those they disagree with. Is there a way to find an alternative between two extremes? Jesus teaches us how to rise above the division with a better way…