The truth is not up for negotiation, but your tone is. We believe that when we walk in a tone that is gracious, compassionate, and courteous, that it gives the truth greater power in our lives and greater power in our culture. One of the greatest things that has hurt the truth in our world is that people who believe it are jerks in the process of living it out, that has eroded the truth of its validity in our culture. That's why we love the case of Daniel. He asked for permission to live out his conviction. There was this sense of courtesy in approaching even his enemies and his captors with the level of compassion and grace to walk in his conviction. May we also capture the spirit of Daniel as we walk it out in our world.