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Jan 24, 20211 min read

Opportunities to Keep the Conversation Alive

Fill out an interest form to share an event of your own or let us know about your interest and availibility for conference follow-up events.

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Jan 22, 20213 min read

Easy Ways to Support the Conference

Support our all-volunteer event via your contribution of prayer, donations, and in-kind support.

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How to Hide the Medicine: Chris Pratt’s Nine Rules for Life

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Jan 21, 20211 min read

How to Hide the Medicine: Chris Pratt’s Nine Rules for Life

This is how you preach the Gospel in public to a secular audience and walk away with atheists and agnostics praising you.

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The World Needs Countercultural Catholic Disciples

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Jan 20, 20211 min read

The World Needs Countercultural Catholic Disciples

There is an alternative for Catholics and it starts by being politically active, while not being politically pigeonholed.

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Jan 19, 20211 min read

Rhetoric and Evangelization

"It comes down to that theological virtue we call Hope: no person is beyond reach."

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Sherry Antonetti

Jan 18, 20214 min read

To Be an Undivided People

How do we love someone with whom we disagree, and not lose hold of our values in the process?

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David Mills on Christian Love and Dorothy Day's Conversion

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Jan 17, 20211 min read

David Mills on Christian Love and Dorothy Day's Conversion

Prior to her conversion, Dorothy Day was on the receiving end of unexpected kindness from Catholic neighbors, a love she never forgot.

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Registration Confirmations - Check Your Mail

Jennifer Fitz

Jan 15, 20212 min read

Registration Confirmations - Check Your Mail

FYI on what to do if the registration form doesn't work for you. For most people it seems to be working, but we do have a back-up plan.

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Melanie Bettinelli on Rhetoric and Human Dignity

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Jan 13, 20211 min read

Melanie Bettinelli on Rhetoric and Human Dignity

"But I keep thinking about human dignity and about how the way we speak can tear down or build up the dignity of other people."

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Jan 12, 20211 min read

Amy Welborn on Social Media Discourse

Amy Welborn asks hard questions about whether social media is serving our purpose as Catholics with a mission to evangelize.

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Jan 11, 20211 min read

Why people are coming to A Good Discourse

"I was feeling blue one night after reading some pretty awful opinions about current events. How could I engage with charity?"

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Jan 10, 20211 min read

Meet the Speakers: Br. Joe Hoover, SJ

Poet, author, playwright, actor, humanitarian, and of course, Jesuit brother.

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Jan 9, 20211 min read

Meet the Speakers: Leticia Ochoa Adams

You haven't experienced "out of the comfort zone" until you've encountered Leticia Ochoa Adams.

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Jan 8, 20211 min read

Meet the Speakers: David Mills

David Mills is one of the most experienced and skilled editors in Catholic publishing today.

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Sherry Antonetti

Jan 7, 20212 min read

Meet the Tag-Team: Sherry Antonetti Working with Matt Archbold

Sherry is stepping for Matt Archbold, one of the original creative sparks behind A Good Discourse.

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Jan 7, 20211 min read

Meet the Speakers: Melanie Bettinelli

Melanie Bettinelli will be looking at Christian humility from her perspective as a lover of literature.

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Is Your Debate Style Passionate or . . . Poisoned?

Jennifer Fitz

Jan 6, 20213 min read

Is Your Debate Style Passionate or . . . Poisoned?

The Good Discourse conference is not about checking your brain at the door and quaffing the soma.

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Saying Goodbye to the Person You Don’t Want to Be

Jennifer Fitz

Jan 3, 20213 min read

Saying Goodbye to the Person You Don’t Want to Be

What if the change you are struggling with involves an aspect of yourself that feels essential to who you are?

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On the Importance of Acknowledging Serious Disagreements

Sherry Antonetti

Dec 21, 20202 min read

On the Importance of Acknowledging Serious Disagreements

Cultivating authentic Christian fellowship requires we acknowledge our past and ong-going differences.

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Jennifer Fitz

Dec 15, 20202 min read

The Parable of the Two Brothers

If those were my feelings, how much greater is God’s joy when we finally come around to wanting to do the right thing?

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