Joining in, betweening, togethering….
Joining in, inviting, facilitating, moving, betweening, togethering—these are conversation.
:- Doug.

Joining in, inviting, facilitating, moving, betweening, togethering—these are conversation.
:- Doug.
One purpose of Family Council is to open space for inspired, workable next steps, in a setting where We is more important than Do, in a setting where the next steps are confused. Something begins.
:- Doug.
What if God were not out there but in here: in the between? Not pulling our strings but evoking and tickling our hearts? Not above but distributed? Not doing, but delighting in us doing? Not solving for us but laughing—and crying—with us? Not above us but among any two or three of us?
:- Doug.
To listen is to listen for: to have an agenda to confirm. To hear is to hear who is there. Listening is looking for limits; hearing is to notice the limits and who crosses.
:- Doug.