Disagreeing Well
How do you disagree well? Disagreement is commonplace, so this question is always relevant. The world is fractured by political, religious, ideological, and personal disagreements. These disagreements can turn into conflicts, fights, hostility, division—even war. But behind the negative way disagreements usually play out is a positive creational foundation. Before disagreement becomes conflict, it starts out as difference. Different opinions. Different likes. Different leanings. Different tastes. Different lenses with which to view the world. Different cultures, backgrounds, aptitudes, loves, goals, concerns, comforts. These differences are the points at which disagreements arise. To faithfully navigate them, we need a robust understanding of difference—and how God intends difference to function in his creation and in his people.
