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Advice from a Thug?
by Margaret Anderson | Sep 4, 2011 | Blog
In Bridges to Consensus—in Congregations, I write about the fact that people resist when we make them wrong, i.e. when we tell them that their actions are wrong, when we contradict their beliefs or opinions, or even when we silently raise an eyebrow or roll our eyes...
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