re: The Church and Conflict.

vogelabv — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:57:13 GMT

I've been thinking about this for a while and think that our natural fear and discomfort of conflict do not emerge from our natural natures, but instead are an artificial result of a pragmatic American culture. You are correct that we need to enter into debate and work through issues, but I do not think anger is necessarily wrong to have in those situations. I've seen couples that naturally get angry with each other while figuring something out, but the anger does not control them and so does not hinder their discussion. In some cases it even aids them based on their personality types. It is more the impulse of people to ignore legitimate differences, have no empathy, and have pride in yourself that leads to bad conflict.

Personally I've tried to become more comfortable with conflict realizing that it is a normal thing, and as humans are all so diverse it will and SHOULD happen. It's false to think of conflict as bad. Conflict, as I understand it, will definitely exist in heaven. It just will be handled correctly and understood correctly. Not as a motive of putting someone down, but reconciling and moving beyond current understandings.

Prepping the Youth Room Part II.

Dave Mackey's Christian and Ministry Blog. — Fri, 11 May 2007 22:52:29 GMT

On the 6th of May I originally wrote about moving youth rooms and some of the initial endeavors I and

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re: The Church and Conflict.

Prepping the Youth Room Part II.