Mutual Invitation
Eric Law, an Episcopal priest, suggests a process of mutual invitation when a group wants to hear from everyone or offset a person who monopolizes conversation. The process assumes people are sitting in a circle and can see each other. A leader shares his or her response to a question and invites a second person to speak. This person can be anyone sitting anywhere in the group. Each new person can either pass or share; in either case, the person has the privilege of inviting a new person into the process. (See Eric H. Law, The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb, 113.)