One of the biggest challenges I’ve experienced with church is the overlap between the spiritual and the physical. Ideally, everything in church is a spiritual matter. However, there are lots of places that physical separates from the spiritual at its core. What color should the song books be? Should we have song books? What type…
Tag Archive: conflict
The Heart of the Matter
I came to an incredible realization while at Abilene Christian University for my practical skills and theory class. Well, at least it was incredible to me. I’ve lamented here frequently that I get frustrated with “church” and how little it looks like what the New Testament says it should. I’ve whined and moaned a little,…
Competing forces in Conflict, Part 3
So far we’ve looked at conflict as a point in space/time as well as a line that connects the two parties. I’m sure you could hear me tripping out about the bonds that hold people together in conflict. This next part is the most mentally stimulating of the competing forces thus far. Unfortunately, it is…
Competing forces in Conflict, Part 2
Yesterday I wrote about viewing conflict as a simple point in space, which you should read before you decide to read this post, most importantly because this post will consist mostly of an expansion on that topic. Viewing our conflicts as a point in space is easy and simple and is attractive for many reasons. …
Competing forces in Conflict, Part 1
As I’ve mentioned, I’ve recently completed a practical skills and theory course in conflict. Lots of thoughts have been swimming around in my head since then. We covered a lot of material from different vantage points. Of all of this, the one thing that stood out most to me was the competing forces that exist…
