My friend and colleague Karen Swallow Prior and I have a dialogue going on over at Amy Julia Becker's Thin Places blog. Yesterday, Karen posted a piece about why she is a pro-life Christian. Today, I posted an essay on why I am a pro-choice Christian. Next week, each of us will answer some questions about our respective positions on this loaded topic, so check back in to Thin Places on Monday and Tuesday. Our dialogue is an attempt to show that it's possible to believe passionately in a particular moral or theological position, while still treating Christians who hold different positions with care and respect. Whenever I'm talking to people about the various debacles that have marred my writing life over the past few months, there is one pretty much universal response: "How can people who call themselves Christian treat you, a fellow Christian, with such lack of charity, fairness, and respect?" I wish I knew. I am grateful to Karen for her friendship and support, and to Amy Julia for offering her blog as a safe place for us to have this conversation with each other and with readers.
Now I'm going to go crawl back under my metaphorical rock. My online holiday will continue until early December.
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