"...it was exhilarating to see scholars and bishops come together to examine the implications of the document as a whole..."  

What happened in Boston is what needs to happen among and between bishops and theologians and lay people who have lived the family life, know what the stresses, strains and joys of family life can be.  It needs to happen in lots of meetings, not just one, so that different perspectives can be explored, compared.   It needs to happen on a diocesan level or a regional level.  Perhaps looking at the document as a whole will help bring perspective to the parts of AL that seem to have so many in a dither.  

Our bishops and the USCCB need to stop hiding from Amoris Laetitia and need to embrace the absolute need for dialogue not just among themselves or with a few select theologians they already agree with.  They need to step out of their comfort zone, recognize they have some lessons to learn, and listen.  They can't teach and lead out of or into a mental vacuum.