title: Difficult Conversations: Taking Risks, Acting with Integrity
author:  Katie Day 
description: "Difficult Conversations is a gift to congregations that are serious about living the gospel." -- <i>Rather Adrian Rooney, St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA</i><br /><br />"Katie Day challenges us to risk entering ...difficult conversations, knowing that in them we will be transformed." -- <i>Nancy Ammerman, Hartford Seminary</i>
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  # ![Chapter 1](../Images/one.gif)
  
  
  
  
  
  Katie liked to joke that she could figure out a way to make anything sound
  
  
  good in writing—except herself. Ha, ha. Wasn't it hilarious? She could
  
  
  write copy that sold dog food to people who didn't have dogs, but somehow
  
  
  she couldn't translate that skill into a match profile that landed her a
  
  
  semi-decent prospect in the man department.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Job, hair, teeth. As in he must have all three. These were not picky
  
  
  requirements in a man. Except they were, apparently.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Your problem isn't bad ad copy," Carolina said without looking up from her
  
  
  monitor as she tapped away over in her rent-a-space next to Katie's. "It's
  
  
  that you're trying to find a guy on a dating site. That's a terrible way to
  
  
  meet men."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Gospel from the mouth of Dallas's premier relationship expert. Katie still
  
  
  took it with a grain of salt. She crossed her arms and leaned back in the
  
  
  ergonomic chair.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "What would you have me do instead, oh wise