David Augsburger writes a wonderful little book titled, “Caring Enough to Confront.” We don’t always put these two words together, but Augsburger recognizes the paradox of love: it is caring and it is confronting.
Augsburger offers this simple poem to illustrates the “both-and” quality needed in listening to understand:
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About R.H. (Rusty) Foerger
As I enter the third third of life, I am becoming aware of the role of elders today “to enlarge spiritual vision, being devoted to prayer, living in the face of death, as a living curriculum of the Christian life” (Dr. James M. Houston). I am a life long and life wide learner who seeks to: *decipher the enigma of our worth *rescue from the agony of prayerlessness *integrate spiritual friendship.
Curriculum of the Spiritual Life 
Something I read in 2015:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiancrier/2015/05/19/what-is-brotherly-love-in-the-bible-a-bible-definition-of-brotherly-love/
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Thanks for the link, and for holding on to brotherly love.
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Thanks for this thoughtful poem that provides a deeper understanding of “speaking the truth in love” which confronts boldly yet tenderly.
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