Letters to the Editor

The key to unity is listening

To the Editor:

I’m glad that Petersburg has a new asset in its toolbox, called “Let’s Talk”.

Half of communication is listening, and since so many of us, myself included, want to talk about just what’s important to us, we could all use some lessons in listening to others who’re normally outside our personal comfort zone, expanding our understanding of the full current, that flows within our brotherhood.

Let’s Talk provides us with that deeper connection, just as iron sharpens iron so one person sharpens another. This not only produces tolerance for others, but sur...