‘Embodied Reconciliation: Congregational Healing as Pastoral Care’
In this excerpt, a scholar asks, What are the tasks of pastoral care and leadership in the wake of conflict or tension within a community of faith?
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Kara Powell: How to bring about change in your church
It’s a difficult time for the church but it has a bright future if leaders help their congregations adapt to a new, diverse world, says a co-author of the book “Future-Focused Church.”
How do you manage frustration?
With frustration rising, there are possibilities for containing the contagion and harnessing the energy generated for hope.
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Forum for Congregational Life
Frankly planning for roadblocks is an advantage for pastors
Church leaders can remain focused on their goals by anticipating challenges, naming them, and preparing for them, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Victoria Atkinson White
Vice President for Grants and Programs, Church Benefits Association
Nathan Kirkpatrick: Critics need love
Leaders often find themselves targets of critique from those in the “cheap seats.” The best response is to show the kind of love that beckons the critics to self-examination, confession and repentance, writes a managing director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Nathan Kirkpatrick
Principal, Saison Consulting, LLC
David Anderson Hooker: Keeping the narratives in alignment
Leaders should work to ensure that their organization's narratives and values are made real within the organization as well as in the world, says the conflict transformation and mediation expert.
Theresa F. Latini: Transforming conflict from the inside out
The practice of Nonviolent Communication begins with self-empathy and enables empathy and honesty that demonstrate love for God and neighbor, writes the associate dean of diversity and cultural competency at Western Theological Seminary.
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Theresa F. Latini
Associate dean and professor, Western Theological Seminary
Dave Odom: How to get things done while disagreeing with your boss
Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s work in the Nixon administration illustrates how to exert influence and accomplish an agenda within constraints.
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Forum for Congregational Life
Can games and game theory help church leaders navigate conflict?
In this six-part series, an Oregon pastor looks at ways that the influential field of game theory might help Christian leaders and congregations deal with issues such as conflict, criticism, growth and decline, and behavior change.
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Ken Evers-Hood
Pastor, Tualatin Presbyterian Church
Ken Evers-Hood: How to navigate conflict
The influential field of game theory encourages church leaders to understand the people in their midst, consider all possible decisions they might make, and name the values motivating them, writes a pastor.
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Ken Evers-Hood
Pastor, Tualatin Presbyterian Church
Scott Benhase: Leading conflict
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Scott Benhase
Vicar, St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church