A Conversation Guide for A Language of Healing for a Polarized Nation
: Creating safe environments for conversations about race, politics, sexuality, and religion

 When you combine courage with compassion, the world can change. Many of you were challenged and refreshed by the hope that our society is not as polarized as our media and political leaders would like us to believe. Having read A Language of Healing for a PolarizedNation you asked us to help find ways to share its content with family and friends as well as to develop new relationships with others who don’t look or think like you. In response, the authors developed this conversation guide for small groups of people to have safe conversations about race, religion, politics, and sexuality in a way that can illuminate and transform the way you live in a divided world. This guide can help you and people you know : to speak your own language of healing in your corner of the worldto reach out to people beyond our regular sphere of relationships, andto think proactively about how you might respond in difficult situation to disarm the tension and build bridges of honest dialogue and compassion.