We need your help in order to have healthy, constructive dialog when commenting on our news articles. As Fr. Hopko cited in his article entitled “What Can We Do?“:
We can make our views known, and offer our suggestions about proper action, forcefully and firmly, without demonizing or ridiculing those who disagree with us, while cooperating courageously with those who do.
We can always remember that those who disagree with us are as strongly committed to their understanding of things as we are. source
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Thank you for your patience. We do want to hear your comments, but let us “speak the truth in love” (Eph 4:15).