{"id":161,"date":"2016-07-14T15:05:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2016-07-14T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T15:05:48","slug":"making-a-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/making-a-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"making<\/a>So I\u2019ve been wondering: is listening truly the radical act I think it is?<\/p>\n

I ask this because I hesitate to make absolute statements (even though some of you might challenge that if you follow me on Facebook). But here\u2019s the thing- I post things that I ponder about or worry on or that confront my concerns, anxieties or things I dearly love or that move me or make me laugh. I post things that are beautiful. Relative to the amount I post, I write or comment very little.<\/p>\n

Mostly I listen to reactions. When I feel moved to speak on a contentious topic I try to remain both authentic and vulnerable. And willing to change. Because, as my dear friend reminds me, true listening requires a willingness to change.<\/p>\n

I am inviting people to listen with the ability to change, to empathize, to be challenged as a radical act of peacemaking and bridge building.<\/p>\n

I get it how difficult it is to be vulnerable, real, authentic about one\u2019s deepest self in the face of bigotry, hatred, and mostly fear.<\/p>\n

I extend this invitation only to those who have the support and strength and willingness or \u2018call\u2019 to be that open. As a woman, lesbian, Christian, feminist and white, I am in no way suggesting this is the correct or only path for anyone. It is not the only <\/em>way. It is one way and it is an important way but we also\u00a0need people who resist. We need people to call out bigotry and hatred and injustice. We need people to stand for<\/em> justice.<\/p>\n

It is not an either\/or proposition. The call to radical listening is a part of the larger picture. It is an invitation to mutuality and community. It is another kind of justice seeking. It is making a path through the wilderness.<\/p>\n

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So I\u2019ve been wondering: is listening truly the radical act I think it is? I ask this because I hesitate to make absolute statements (even though some of you might challenge that if you follow me on Facebook). But here\u2019s the thing- I post things that I ponder about or worry on or that confront … Continue reading Making a Way<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,7,13,8,19,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}