Mark Siljander
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That process is in accordance even with the instincts that mediate attention.
That process is in accordance even with the instincts that mediate attention.
And you're very good at that. Repeating back, you've been doing that now, you repeat back. And we try to do that when we're talking to leaders, when they're saying, well, the United States has done this and they don't understand our position. And we patiently listen.
And you're very good at that. Repeating back, you've been doing that now, you repeat back. And we try to do that when we're talking to leaders, when they're saying, well, the United States has done this and they don't understand our position. And we patiently listen.
And you're very good at that. Repeating back, you've been doing that now, you repeat back. And we try to do that when we're talking to leaders, when they're saying, well, the United States has done this and they don't understand our position. And we patiently listen.
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So creating a comfortable space, a safe space, listening and not pushing or promoting an agenda in terms of international peacemaking. For example, we went to see Omar al-Bashir of the Sudan in the mid-2000s. When I say we, I mean there are sitting members, former members. The delegations changed, and we brought an American Sudanese Muslim
So creating a comfortable space, a safe space, listening and not pushing or promoting an agenda in terms of international peacemaking. For example, we went to see Omar al-Bashir of the Sudan in the mid-2000s. When I say we, I mean there are sitting members, former members. The delegations changed, and we brought an American Sudanese Muslim
So creating a comfortable space, a safe space, listening and not pushing or promoting an agenda in terms of international peacemaking. For example, we went to see Omar al-Bashir of the Sudan in the mid-2000s. When I say we, I mean there are sitting members, former members. The delegations changed, and we brought an American Sudanese Muslim
who assured the president that we weren't there to convert him. Right, right, right. Because this is one of the problems, you start talking about Jesus with anyone, ah, you're trying to convert me.
who assured the president that we weren't there to convert him. Right, right, right. Because this is one of the problems, you start talking about Jesus with anyone, ah, you're trying to convert me.
who assured the president that we weren't there to convert him. Right, right, right. Because this is one of the problems, you start talking about Jesus with anyone, ah, you're trying to convert me.
Yeah, yeah, well, we skirted that problem when I talked to Mohammad Hijab, because one of the things that happened in the mosque was that we had a conversation about Christ, which went quite well, I thought, remarkably well, given the circumstances. But again, there was no...
Yeah, yeah, well, we skirted that problem when I talked to Mohammad Hijab, because one of the things that happened in the mosque was that we had a conversation about Christ, which went quite well, I thought, remarkably well, given the circumstances. But again, there was no...
Yeah, yeah, well, we skirted that problem when I talked to Mohammad Hijab, because one of the things that happened in the mosque was that we had a conversation about Christ, which went quite well, I thought, remarkably well, given the circumstances. But again, there was no...
on my part, or Jonathan Paggio, a friend of mine was with me, there was no attempt to convert, like to count saved souls, let's say. It was merely a dialogue, right? And an exploration. And so that lack of agenda, that's got to be something like humility in search of peace, right?
on my part, or Jonathan Paggio, a friend of mine was with me, there was no attempt to convert, like to count saved souls, let's say. It was merely a dialogue, right? And an exploration. And so that lack of agenda, that's got to be something like humility in search of peace, right?
on my part, or Jonathan Paggio, a friend of mine was with me, there was no attempt to convert, like to count saved souls, let's say. It was merely a dialogue, right? And an exploration. And so that lack of agenda, that's got to be something like humility in search of peace, right?