The following text is from https://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/conflict_stages. Click on the hyperlink’s to visit their site and read as needed. “It has become common to describe conflicts as passing through a series of phases.[1] Different authors...
Conflict is everywhere Conflict is everywhere. Literally. You are either in a conflict now, coming out of a conflict, or ready to enter into one. Humans are relational beings. We live through relationships. All our relationships succumb to conflict, even the...
Chris Voss, former FBI hostage negotiator, in his book, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it, talks about the following negotiation techniques developed at the FBI. However, the following comes from this Stanford...
Recently, I asked a Christian that I know, “how should you love someone who has hurt you but doesn’t repent (either doesn’t want to, or you are not accessible to them)?” Without missing a beat, he responded, “forgive them.” I asked a follow-up question, “Why do you...
The following image is from WorldVision.org. It is a reproduction of Figure 4-16: A relational Understanding of Poverty in Bryant Meyer’s Book, Walking with the Poor. Myers, Bryant L. Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational...
Janet used to work with John, one of her supervisors. Janet felt that John didn’t respect her boundaries at all. For example, she would tell John that she plans to leave the office at 5:00 PM because she has an appointment after work. At five minutes to 5:00 PM, John...
