Symposium by Plato
This post is part of my journey through the classic texts of Western civilization.
To be honest, I don't have much to say about the dialogue itself that took place in Symposium. Fascinating for sure, but not much that I desire to comment on.
So instead, I shall briefly expound on the need for you and your brethren to do what was demonstrated in this dialogue. Get together with some good food and drink (but say NO to drunkenness), gather around at a table, and discuss.
Discuss weighty matters, for do we not have enough frivolous conversations throughout the days of our lives? Exercise your mind, while also sharpening the minds of one another. Far too many discussions between friends I hear contain nothing but agreement, and though good friends should certainly be in agreement on many if not most things, a helpful friend will help another tighten up his arguments. Be in the practice of steel-manning an opposing argument; a friend will undoubtedly find this valuable as he considers thing he might not have considered before. Let us not be afraid to tell another that he is wrong in what he says. In return, be not the type of man who possesses so little spine and humility that the slightest deviation from agreement causes strife.
Take these gatherings not only as an opportunity to sharpen your logic, but also your rhetorical skill. In a similar manner as we saw in Symposium, deliver your arguments in a convincing manner with eloquence and clarity—though beware how easy it is to fall into the same sophistry that Plato so often condemns.
Above all else, remember that in all of these discussions, the primary goal is to be the pursuit of truth. How easy it is for the sole focus to become beating your opponent(s) into submission, in which case the deciding factor almost always becomes rhetorical savviness. Gather together, enjoy one another's company, and pursue the truth. Do these things, and God will surely be glorified.