To digest

I read what someone said about the death of Father Richard John Neuhaus. He said in part, "Overall, his writings were hard to swallow but important to digest."

That's a good insight. There are writers and preachers whom I disagree with, but their writings are worth pondering because they are thoughtful people. Christopher Hitchens comes to mind. And William Buckley. And Bill O'Reilly. And Stanley Hauerwas. And Joel Osteen. And Pope Benedict XVI. And Newt Gingrich. Etc. (Ann Coulter gives us nothing to digest; just nausea.)

We don't have to agree on everything in order to learn from one another.

Hard to swallow, but important to digest.
Yes.