If you want to get to know someone – what elements might be important in the process of knowing? Are there things that we feel people misunderstand about us? What accounts for that misunderstanding?

I think that a person’s vision is important – and I don’t mean their eyesight! An individual’s attitudes to others and their beliefs. Someone asked me over lunch in Chicago

Now tell me James – what do you believe – and please in no more than 500 words!

I tell you I was rather lost for words. But what a fascinating exercise – try it for yourself. What lies within your heart and mind? Tell a story about moments when your belief was formed, tested or changed. How does this shape your life?

Naming our belief – now thats an exercise for the future months of work in parish, school and community.