• Pray before, during, and after conversations
• Listen
• Be humble
• Have an open mind
• Don't interrupt
• Think before you speak
• Squash your insecurities
• Avoid defensiveness
• Realize your need to be right is wrong
• Know that you could be mistaken, misinformed, or simply ignorant on some topics
• Seek to understand
• Ask many questions
• Become skilled at articulating your own convictions
• Assume the best of conversation partners
• Recognize when to stop
• Have a Bible handy
• Take care with your tone of voice (both in-person and especially in writing)
• Remember that if we do not love each other, we do not love God (1 John 4:7-8).