Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. In 2004 an arrogant pro-life high school student attended a pro-life outreach at the University of Georgia. When he learned that the Center for Bioethical Reform was going to set up large signs with abortion images that day, the arrogant student saw it as an … Read More
How to Turn the Tables on Four Pro-Choice Arguments
Imagine you and a good friend decide to play a game of chess. As you sit down, your friend takes your queen off the board and puts it back in the box with no explanation. You say, “Uh, what are you doing?” Your friend replies, completely unironically, “Only I’m allowed … Read More
Dialogue Story: Nicole at the University of Michigan
We just got this great outreach story from Nicole at Students for Life at the University of Michigan! —————- Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. A young man came up to our Students for Life table where we were asking people where they stood on abortion from “Illegal in All Cases” … Read More
VIDEO: Dialogue Tips Speech and Mock Dialogue at Students for Life Conference
I asked Rebecca Haschke from Justice For All to join me for a practical dialogue tips session at the 2017 Students for Life of America conference in D.C. so that we could spend the last part of the session doing a mock dialogue! [youtube id=”tSKfxYHSarU”] Outline: Josh Brahm – Tip 1: … Read More
Why We Need Male Sidewalk Counselors
Jacob Nels is the Operations Coordinator at Equal Rights Institute. One of the most important things Jacob brings to the table at ERI is his expertise in gracious dialogue, particularly with people who are post-abortive and abortion-minded. In addition to putting those skills to good use at college campus outreaches, … Read More
Dialogue Story: Rachel and Chloe at Aquinas College
I want to share one more dialogue story from our outreach last month at Aquinas College. Two fantastic students from the Students for Life club at University of Michigan, Rachel Crawford and Chloe Alberta, spoke to several pro-choice girls. This is what happened. Chloe begins the story this way: Towards … Read More
Bodily Rights Arguments Necessitate Extremism
Bodily rights arguments for abortion are always extremist arguments, at least in the way people present them. No bodily rights argument that I have ever seen (or even heard of any pro-choice advocate making) leaves room for abortion exceptions. Estimated reading time: 14 minutes. Not all pro-choice people are extremists. … Read More
Responding to the Question of Rape with Wisdom and Compassion
This article is an expanded version of a piece I wrote for Life Matters Journal, in which I answered a question from one of LMJ’s readers. This reader asked for help responding to the question of rape: Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. One of the most common questions I get about … Read More
Six Ways I’ve Seen Pro-Choice People Try to Censor Pro-Lifers
Estimated reading time: 11 minutes. Abortion is not merely immoral, it is obviously immoral. This is why I’m so dedicated to helping pro-life people learn to dialogue well. I want all pro-life people to use the most persuasive arguments and learn to communicate graciously, relationally, and clearly. Those components in … Read More
Bring Structure to Your Dialogues by Making Little Agreements
In the spring of 2013 I was standing in front of the Justice For All Exhibit at Colorado State University, trying to start conversations about abortion. I was struggling that day because most of the time I tried to invite someone into a conversation, they reacted suspiciously. I decided to … Read More