Published in The World Needs Dialogue! One: Gathering the Field, Sarly's paper argues that dialogue is not simply a communication technique but a spiritual practice, particularly well suited to faith communities whose members hunger to be seen, heard, and appreciated. Drawing on his experience with church communities, Sarly observes that these groups resist being pushed into formation yet respond readily when genuine attention and presence are offered. The cats-and-fish metaphor carries real weight throughout: effective dialogue in congregational life depends on recognising what people actually need, rather than what organisers assume they should receive. Sarly's framing positions the dialogue facilitator less as a manager of process and more as someone creating conditions for nourishment. The paper closes with a quiet reminder that the congregation is not an abstraction: 'we know these cats, and they are us.'