Download or read book Seeking Peace Through Reconciliation Overcoming Resistance Within Ourselves and Others a Group Study written by Donald jones and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SEEKING PEACE THROUGH RECONCILIATION OVERCOMING RESISTANCE WITHIN OURSELVES AND OTHERS A GROUP STUDY PART 2 This is the second book in a series of two small books which grew out of the desire and need for the material in the book of the same name to be put into a shorter format for study in various groups. Our lives involve many relationships with parents, siblings, spouses, children, extended family, friends, students, neighbors, co-workers, colleagues, team members, fellow Christians, and even acquaintances. We may encounter people in stores, supermarkets, movie theaters, restaurants, banks, and social media sites. With all these interactions to navigate it is inevitable that disputes will arise. Conflicts escalate rapidly, tempers flare, and then words and actions can spiral out of control. How can we prevent these conflicts from occurring? When they do, how do we resolve them? How can we handle the obstinate who refuse to reconcile with us? How do we deal with our anger which might come raging up from within us? These answers are found in God's blueprint from His Word. This book critical discusses how we seek and find peace through reconciliation no matter what the issues may be. Every chapter opens with a typical scenario in which the principle might be applied. A scriptural principle and biblical explanation is provided to guide you. An ancient portrait is presented which demonstrates how Jesus, Peter, Paul, and others lived out these powerful truths. A modern portrait of a counseling session follows which details how the author applied these critical principles in different circumstances. Each chapter concludes with a prayer to the Lord you may use. A workbook companion can also be purchased to guide your study. If you lead the group study, there is an instructor's manual with additional notes and the workbook questions with suggested answers from the text. For a quick read there is an abridged edition (A Book Short) which can also be purchased. This book discusses topics such as conflict, reconciliation, decision-making, refusing to reconcile and the consequences to you and others, the spiritual battle involved, and how we should act like Christ. This can involve spouses in marriage, partners in dating, parents and children, friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow students, acquaintances, and strangers. You are given Scriptural principles backed by bible verses. You will find many concepts about conflict resolution that can be used as quotes. May you find reconciliation in your relationships as you read. May you find restoration in your relationships as you read. Additional Topics: This is a book about seeking peace through reconciliation overcoming resistance within ourselves and others which is part 2 of a group study, a book for a group on conflict resolve, dating conflicts, interpersonal, refuse reconcile, and Christlike.

Download or read book Seeking Peace Through Reconciliation Overcoming Resistance Within Ourselves and Others written by Donald Jones and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook of the same name is designed to aid in your comprehension and application of the truths from the Scriptures which are explained in the book. It has a question and answer format because asking questions was a powerful teaching method that Jesus used to reveal God's divine truth. In His instruction to the people of God and others, the Lord asked over one hundred and thirty questions. Those mentioned in the gospels were only the recorded ones. We can only speculate as to how many questions He might have actually asked. The Lord Jesus Christ used His questioning techniques for the purpose of prompting His listeners to focus, understand, analyze, evaluate, and apply the divine principles He was proclaiming to them. The author has attempted to do the same in this workbook. May you find God's great wisdom as you ponder the answers to these questions. This is the workbook which supports the second book in a series of two smaller books for group study based on a larger comprehensive version. This unabridged edition with a workbook or an abridged edition for a quick read (A Book Short) can also be purchased.

Download or read book Reconciliation Finding Peace with God and Others written by Sherry L. Cahill and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2024-04-25 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconciliation: Finding Peace with God and Others confronts questions like “Is it feasible to reconcile broken relationships?” “...Sherry draws from her rich life experiences of ministry in the USA, Africa, and Asia to show us how we can move from resentment, bitterness, and guilt to forgiveness, love, and freedom. I highly recommend this excellent guide for liberating small group or discipleship conversations!” –Dr. Jerry D. Porter, General Superintendent Emeritus of the Church of the Nazarene. “... a wonderful follow up to Forgiveness: Getting Beyond the Pain: Finding Peace with God, Yourself, and Others, ... Cahill utilizes personal experience, education, and research to bring a well-informed and easy to understand way to seek healthy reconciliation with others, ourselves, and with God!” –Kiersten Williams, LPC, NCC “This book is a gem on honest relationships! It is written from the author’s personal experiences and anchored on a foundation from the holy scriptures. It will help and bless those who desire sincere reconciliation in their lives.” –Pastor Don Hawkins, Crossroads Church of the Nazarene, Lenoir City, Tennessee. Discover how to experience peace with God and others in Reconciliation: Finding Peace with God and Others.

Download or read book Seeking Peace Through Reconciliation Managing Anger Conflicts and Differences in Relationships a Personal Study written by Donald Jones and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout our lives we will be in various relationships with parents, siblings, extended family, spouses, children, friends, neighbors, students, co-workers, team members, fellow Christians, and even acquaintances. We encounter people in stores, supermarkets, movie theaters, restaurants, banks, and social media sites. With all these interactions to navigate it is inevitable that disputes will arise. Conflicts escalate rapidly, tempers flare, and then words and actions can spiral out of control. How can we prevent these conflicts from occurring? When they do, how do we resolve them? How can we handle the obstinate who refuse to reconcile with us? How do we deal with our anger which might come raging up from within us? These answers are found in the Lord God's blueprint from His Word. This critical book discusses how we can seek and find peace through reconciliation no matter what the issues are. Every chapter opens with a typical scenario in which the principle may be applied. A scriptural principle and biblical explanation is provided to guide you. An ancient portrait is presented which demonstrates how Jesus, Peter, Paul, and others lived out all of these truths. A modern portrait of a counseling session follows which details how the author has applied these critical principles in different circumstances. Chapters conclude with a prayer you may use. A workbook companion can also be acquired. For group study, this book has been divided into a set of two smaller versions with accompanying workbooks. For a quick read there is an abridged edition (A Book Short) which can also be purchased.

Download or read book Seeking Peace Through Reconciliation Managing Anger and Resolving Conflicts a Group Study written by Donald Jones and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in a series of two small books which grew out of the desire and need for the material in the book of the same name to be put into a shorter format for study in various groups. Our lives involve numerous relationships with parents, siblings, spouses, extended family, friends, students, neighbors, co-workers, children, colleagues, team members, fellow Christians, and even acquaintances. We may encounter people in stores, supermarkets, movie theaters, restaurants, banks, and even social media sites. With all these interactions to navigate it is inevitable that disputes will arise. Conflicts escalate rapidly, tempers flare, and then words and actions can spiral out of control. How can we prevent these conflicts from occurring? When they do, how do we resolve them? How can we handle the obstinate who refuse to reconcile with us? How do we deal with our anger which might come raging up from within us? These answers are found in God's blueprint from His Word. This critical book discusses how we seek and find peace through reconciliation no matter what the issues may be. Every chapter opens with a typical scenario in which the principle might be applied. Then, a scriptural principle and biblical explanation is provided to guide you. An ancient portrait is presented which demonstrates how Jesus, Peter, Paul, and others lived out these powerful truths. A modern portrait of a counseling session follows which details how the author applied these critical principles in different circumstances. Each chapter concludes with a prayer to the Lord you may use. A workbook companion can also be purchased to aid in your study. For a quick read there is an abridged edition (A Book Short) which can also be purchased.

Download or read book Seeking Peace Through Reconciliation Managing Anger Conflicts and Differences in Relationships written by Donald Jones and published by J & a Book Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook of the same name is designed to aid in your comprehension and application of the truths from the Scriptures which are explained in the book. It has a question and answer format because asking questions was a powerful teaching method that Jesus used to reveal God's divine truth. In His instruction to the people of God and others, the Lord asked over one hundred and thirty questions. Those mentioned in the gospels were only the recorded ones. We can only speculate as to how many questions He might have actually asked. The Lord Jesus Christ used His questioning techniques for the purpose of prompting His listeners to focus, understand, analyze, evaluate, and apply the divine principles He was proclaiming to them. The author has attempted to do the same in this workbook. May you find God's great wisdom as you ponder the answers to these questions. For group study, the comprehensive book that this workbook supports has been divided into two smaller books with accompanying workbooks. For a quick read there is an abridged edition (A Book Short) which can also be purchased.

Download or read book Restore Seeking Peace Through Reconciliation Managing Anger Conflicts and Differences a Book Short written by Donald jones and published by J & a Book Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a short version of the book with the same name for those who desire a quick read on the subject. Our lives involve relationships with parents, siblings, spouses, extended family, friends, students, neighbors, co-workers, children, colleagues, team members, fellow Christians, and acquaintances. We may encounter people in stores, supermarkets, movie theaters, restaurants, banks, and even social media sites. With all these interactions to navigate it is inevitable that disputes will arise. Conflicts escalate rapidly, tempers flare, and then words and actions can spiral out of control. How can we prevent these conflicts from occurring? When they do, how do we resolve them? How can we handle the obstinate who refuse to reconcile with us? How do we deal with our anger which might come raging up from within us? These answers are found in God's blueprint from His Word. This book discusses how we seek and find peace through reconciliation no matter what the issues may be. Every chapter opens with a typical scenario in which the principle may be applied. A scriptural principle and biblical explanation is given to guide you. An ancient portrait is presented which demonstrates how Jesus, Peter, Paul, and others lived out these truths. A modern portrait of a counseling session follows which details how the author applied these principles in different circumstances. The chapter concludes with a prayer to the Lord you may use. For a comprehensive read there is an unabridged edition of the same name which can be purchased with a companion workbook. For group studies, there are also three smaller books with accompanying workbooks.

Download or read book Seeking Peace Through Reconciliation Managing Anger Conflict and Differences in Relationships an Instructor s Manual written by Donald Jones and published by J & a Book Publishers. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an instructor's manual based on the two group study books of the same name. This instructor's manual is divided into two parts which correspond with each study book. The text of the two books is reproduced exactly with a few minor exceptions. Within the text of each chapter, I have interspersed many additional notes. These important sections include explanations of words and phrases, more details from the biblical examples I have provided, key verses written out in full, and short theological studies of scriptural truths that govern numerous specific situations which are mentioned throughout the book. After each chapter, you will find the corresponding workbook questions with the answers taken from the main books. These additional notes and answers are in script in order for you to distinguish them from what the members of your group will be reading. The introductions and conclusions of the two group books, workbooks, and manual appear at the beginning and end of this work. The purpose of this tool is to provide you, as the leader, with as much help as necessary to facilitate a powerful discussion in which the Holy Spirit can work in the proper understanding of His Holy Word as it is applied to the many relationships the members of your group may have. For individual study these two books grew out of one book with the same name (A Personal Study) which also has a workbook companion. For a quick read there is an abridged edition (A Book Short) which can also be purchased.

Download or read book Pursuing Just Peace An Overview and Case Studies for Faith Based Peacebuilders written by Mark M. Rogers and published by Catholic Relief Services. This book was released on 2008-03-24 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on faith-based peacebuilding is a practical resource for peacebuilding practitioners and all others who are grappling with injustice and conflict. Seven case studies describe concrete initiatives within highly diverse contexts. Three case studies focus on strengthening internal church peacebuilding capacity through peace education, one looks at the role of alliances and networks in advocacy for addressing gender-based violence and three focus on ecumenical and inter-religious collaboration. An introductory essay provides a general overview and literature review for faith-based peacebuilding, discusses processes and describes key roles that faith-based actors can play.

Download or read book Just Peace Companion written by World Council of Churches and published by World Council of Churches. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Just Peace Companion is a guide for individuals and groups to come together around the notion and practice of 'Just Peace,' a holistic approach to peacemaking and social justice. Adopting a fully global perspective, the book elaborates on the insights and convictions of An Ecumenical Call to Just Peace (text also included), which is the culminating statement of the World Council of Churches' (WCC) decade-long effort to understand and address conflict, violence, and injustice. This second edition expands on the key biblical, theological, and ethical considerations of Just Peace. The book invites further exploration and critique, and it offers examples of best practices for building peace with justice. Like the Call itself, the Just Peace Companion centers on four crucial venues of Just Peace, focusing on peace in the community, in the marketplace, with the Earth, and among peoples. The project - and this new edition, which includes learnings from the landmark "International Ecumenical Peace Convocation" in Jamaica in May 2011 - was coordinated by former WCC general secretary Konrad Raiser. The book is divided into five sections, and includes the following: Vision for Just Peace * Signposts for Just Peace * Contexts of Just Peace * Just Peace Challenges * Just Peace Practices

Download or read book Hate and Reconciliation written by Guido Cuyvers and published by Histria Books. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day the media confront us with the many forms and excesses of hatred: cyber hatred, hate speech, bullying, hate groups, religiously inspired violence against dissidents and genocides.Hatred is human and current. It is an intrinsic part of what can happen between people. Personal experiences can lead people to hate someone. In society and even on a global level, hatred is again and again the motor of misunderstanding and often also of violence between people. Sometimes hate smoulders almost unconsciously; at other times he is furious and serves as a flag for serious violence. Hatred has many faces and seems omnipresent, that much is clear. The term "Erida complex," after the Greek goddess of hate, symbolizes the common and deeply rooted nature of hatred.Hatred is mighty as a destructive force. He knows how to motivate individuals and large groups of people to bring out the worst in themselves. He turns life among people into a desert. However, he cannot compete with Irene, the goddess and the symbol of peace. After all, he is unable to correct what went wrong. Nor is it a ground for building a peaceful society. At the same time, hatred is impotent against the positive freedom of people to transcend the negative. Those who are open to this will see many connecting, and therefore Irenean, initiatives. Hatred does not and should not have the last word. Opposite the well of Erida is the Irenese, the way to peace.After examining the nature of hate, this book focuses a wide-angle lens on its many faces, in individuals and groups as well as peoples. Facing the negativity of hatred, this book presents constructive approaches to fostering relationships between people and peace.

Download or read book Oxford Papers written by C. Terry Warner and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Educated in philosophy at Yale, Dr. C. Terry Warner has devoted a lifetime to the study of self-deception. In a steady stream of lectures, papers, and seminars over nearly three decades, Dr. Warner has presented the results of his academic inquiry into the foundations of human behavior to both scholarly and non-scholarly audiences. The papers that make up this collection, among others, were all prepared as part of Warner's work at Oxford--either presented in lectures there, prepared for presentation or publication there, or prepared in response to colleagues there--and have been assembled for the use of the serious student of Arbinger's rich and robust philosophical underpinnings"--

Download or read book Reconciliation After Violent Conflict written by David Bloomfield and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a newly democratized nation constructively address the past to move from a divided history to a shared future? How do people rebuild coexistence after violence? The International IDEA Handbook on Reconciliation after Violent Conflict presents a range of tools that can be, and have been, employed in the design and implementation of reconciliation processes. Most of them draw on the experience of people grappling with the problems of past violence and injustice. There is no "right answer" to the challenge of reconciliation, and so the Handbook prescribes no single approach. Instead, it presents the options and methods, with their strengths and weaknesses evaluated, so that practitioners and policy-makers can adopt or adapt them, as best suits each specific context. Also available in a French language version.

Download or read book Unravelling Liberal Interventionism written by Gëzim Visoka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite calls for the decolonisation of knowledge, scholars who come from conflict-affected societies remained marginalised, excluded from the examination of the politics and impacts of liberal interventionism. This edited volume gives local scholars a platform from which they critically examine different aspects of liberal interventionism and statebuilding in Kosovo. Drawing on situational epistemologies and grounded approaches, the chapters in this book interrogate a wide range of themes, including: the politics of local resistance; the uneven relationship between international statebuilders and local subjects; faking of local ownership of security sector reform and the rule of law; heuristic and practical limits of interventionism, as well as the subjugated voices in statebuilding process, such as minorities and women. The book finds that the local is not antidote to the liberal, and that local perspectives are not monolithic. Yet, local critiques of statebuilding do not seek to generate replicable knowledge; rather they prefer generating situational and context-specific knowledge be that to resolve problems or uncover the unresolved problems. The book seeks to contribute to critical peace and conflict studies by (re)turning the local turn to local scholars who come from conflict-affected societies and who have themselves experienced the transition from war to peace. This book, voted one of the top 10 books of 2020 by International Affairs, is essential reading for students and scholars of peace- and state-building, conflict studies and international relations.

Download or read book For the Peace from Above written by Hildo Bos and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early days of the Church, Christians have struggled to come to terms with Christ's words of peace and His example of peace. In Christ's life, as recorded in the New Testament, it is striking that He neither killed anyone nor summoned any of His disciples to kill. Indeed, the final miracle Christ performed before His execution was to heal an enemy's wound, an injury caused by the Apostle Peter in an attempt to defend his master. Yet, in the course of more than twenty centuries of Christian history, we see Christians often involved in war and, in surveying the calendar of saints, find not only those who refused to take part in war but also those who served in the military, though no one has been canonized due to his skill as a soldier. Besides the millions of Christians who have fought in armies, often against fellow Christians, we also find many priests, bishops and theologians who have advocated war and blessed its weapons. Our subject is an urgent one. Many people today live either near conflict areas or are directly touched by war or in areas where terrorist actions may suddenly occur. Everyone on the planet is in some way affected by wars in progress or wars in the making as well as the consequences of wars in the past. Every day thousands of Christians struggle in thought and prayer with some of the most difficult of questions: May I fight injustice by violent methods? Am I allowed to kill in combat? Are there limits on what I can do in the defense of my country? Am I as a Christian allowed to disobey demands that I believe are unjust or violate the Gospel? When the demands of my country seem at odds with the demands of the Kingdom of God, how do I respond to this conflict? Rarely do we find easy answers to these and similar questions. Thus, those of us in the Orthodox Christian tradition search for help in Holy Scripture, the canons provided to us by ecumenical councils, the witness of the saints, the writing of the Fathers of the Church as well as theologians of recent times. Imitation of saintly forebears alone, however, will not solve our problems. Different eras have adopted different attitudes. Also many of today's problems never existed before, not least the changed character of war in an era of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and mass propaganda. Yet knowledge of the thought and action undertaken by the Orthodox Churches on the issues of war and peace in recent decades surely can help us find ways out of the dead ends that many communities are experiencing today. This is the aim of this book.

Download or read book The Joy of the Gospel written by Pope Francis and published by Image. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift! A specially priced, beautifully designed hardcover edition of The Joy of the Gospel with a foreword by Robert Barron and an afterword by James Martin, SJ. “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus… In this Exhortation I wish to encourage the Christian faithful to embark upon a new chapter of evangelization marked by this joy, while pointing out new paths for the Church’s journey in years to come.” – Pope Francis This special edition of Pope Francis's popular message of hope explores themes that are important for believers in the 21st century. Examining the many obstacles to faith and what can be done to overcome those hurdles, he emphasizes the importance of service to God and all his creation. Advocating for “the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned,” the Holy Father shows us how to respond to poverty and current economic challenges that affect us locally and globally. Ultimately, Pope Francis demonstrates how to develop a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ, “to recognize the traces of God’s Spirit in events great and small.” Profound in its insight, yet warm and accessible in its tone, The Joy of the Gospel is a call to action to live a life motivated by divine love and, in turn, to experience heaven on earth. Includes a foreword by Robert Barron, author of Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith and James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage

Download or read book Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One Summary written by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy. This report lays bare a part of Canada's history that until recently was little-known to most non-Aboriginal Canadians. The Commission discusses the logic of the colonization of Canada's territories, and why and how policy and practice developed to end the existence of distinct societies of Aboriginal peoples. Using brief excerpts from the powerful testimony heard from Survivors, this report documents the residential school system which forced children into institutions where they were forbidden to speak their language, required to discard their clothing in favour of institutional wear, given inadequate food, housed in inferior and fire-prone buildings, required to work when they should have been studying, and subjected to emotional, psychological and often physical abuse. In this setting, cruel punishments were all too common, as was sexual abuse. More than 30,000 Survivors have been compensated financially by the Government of Canada for their experiences in residential schools, but the legacy of this experience is ongoing today. This report explains the links to high rates of Aboriginal children being taken from their families, abuse of drugs and alcohol, and high rates of suicide. The report documents the drastic decline in the presence of Aboriginal languages, even as Survivors and others work to maintain their distinctive cultures, traditions, and governance. The report offers 94 calls to action on the part of governments, churches, public institutions and non-Aboriginal Canadians as a path to meaningful reconciliation of Canada today with Aboriginal citizens. Even though the historical experience of residential schools constituted an act of cultural genocide by Canadian government authorities, the United Nation's declaration of the rights of aboriginal peoples and the specific recommendations of the Commission offer a path to move from apology for these events to true reconciliation that can be embraced by all Canadians.