What if 50 minutes could change the way we disagree?
What if a single question could shift how we listen, and connect?
In this 50-minute session, a group of Wild Goose Co-Creators will participate in a live 3Practice Circle, guided by Jim Henderson and Jim Hancock of 3Practices. This isn’t a lecture or a panel. You’ll watch — and experience — a structured conversation designed to increase clarity across differences - large and small.
The format is simple and disciplined. The group will respond to one carefully chosen question (what they call a *frame*). A volunteer speaks for two uninterrupted minutes. Then participants ask clarifying questions — not counterarguments) — beginning with, “I’d be curious to know…” The speaker responds for up to a minute to each question. When there are no more questions, another volunteer responds to the frame. Jim and Jim serve as referees, keeping time and protecting fairness and safety in the process — and while we don’t promise you won’t hear something that sets your teeth on edge, the referees will do everything possible to ensure a fair, safe and honest exchange.
Circles can focus on almost anything. A Difference Circle frame might ask “Who are ‘they,’ and what are you afraid they’d do if they thought they could get away with it?” … A Story Circle frame might be, “This is when I realized how my identity shaped my experience…” … A Support Circle frame could ask, “Are You Ok?\ … An Insight Circle frame can center on a book, a film, a speech, a sacred text, a subject matter expert and ask: “If you could talk about just one thing from this source, what would you choose?” … Or, closer to home, a Wild Goose Festival frame might be: “Here’s something that could make Wild Goose even better…” All that to say: While the questions matter, how we listen - and why - matters even more.
By the end of this session, you’ll understand how the 3Practice Circle tool works and why it often turns strangers into acquaintances — and moves acquaintances toward something closer to community. You won’t just hear about a new tool, you’ll see it in action and leave with something you can actually use in your spiritual community, classroom, institution, organization, family — all the spaces where honest conversations matter.
