Conflict Conciliation

What practical, proven advice do the Scriptures offer for resolving conflict?

PeaceMaker ministries, whose mission is to equip individuals to respond to conflict biblically, offers a slew of practical resources on their web site. Below are some highlights:

• The Four G’s of Conflict Conciliation
• The Slippery Slope of Conflict
• The Pause Principle

(If you’re a member of the Indiana Christian Chamber of Commerce, you have access to a free conflict conciliation consultation with expert Bill Blew, of the Crossroads Christian Conciliators. Visit Bill’s site at www.crossroadsconciliators.org)

7 Baby Steps

Get your finances on track with 7 Baby Steps, by Dave Ramsey.

You may also want to take advantage of Dave’s Mortgage Calculator and “Basic Quickie Budget.”

Wishing you much success,

 Andrea

Case Studies: Christ-Led Businesses

Riverview Community Bank: The Story of a Christ-Led Bank

BBC News On Faith-Based Businesses:

Esther Havens, Freelance Photographer: The Safest Place To Be

 

Career Training for Ex-Offenders:

Spiritual Growth

Enjoy the following resources for personal and spiritual growth:

• Spiritual Thirst: 30 Day Devotional & Growth Journal
• Personal Development Plan Workbook, by Michael Zigarelli

Anointed for Business

Read and download an excerpt of Anointed for Business by Ed Silvoso — one of our favorite books on marketplace ministry and the faith-at-work movement.

Click here to download/read the excerpt.

Also from Ed Silvoso: The Power Of One Powerpoint presentation.

Personal Growth Online Test

Best-selling author John Maxwell has designed the following quiz to help determine your understanding in the areas of Relationships, Equipping, Attitude and Leadership.

Click here to begin the “REAL Success” personal growth assessment.

Assess Yourself!

Assess your character, spiritual gifts, worldview, obstacles to growth and more. These free, anonymous online assessments are offered by assess-yourself.org, a brand of Epiphany Resources.

>> Assess Your Love for God (34 questions, 15 minutes)

>> Assess Your Christian Character (Two versions, 81 and 52 questions)

>> Assess Your Obstacles to Growth (40 questions, 7-8 minutes)

>> Assess Your Spiritual Gifts (35 questions, 7-10 minutes)

>> Assess Your Worldview (28 questions, 5 minutes)

>> Assess Your Friend

>> Assess Your Group

>> Cultivating Christian Character

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Relationship Wisdom from Cloud & Townsend

Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, relationship experts and best-selling authors, share their wisdom in a series of brief videos on the topic of relationships:

• Sowing and reaping with boundaries.
• Boundaries and consequences. How to bring about behavior change in others.
• The importance of accountability
• Handling irresponsibility in relationships
• Life with a “button-pusher.” Sound familiar?
• Dealing with post traumatic stress
• Happiness is a result, not a value

Search other relationship videos at cloudtownsend.com.

Spiritual Life Wisdom from Cloud & Townsend

Best-selling authors Henry Cloud and Bill Donahue share their wisdom and expertise through the following brief videos:

• The problem with religion.
• A good look in the mirror: Get small and get humble and see what happens next.
• Give up being independent.

Leadership Wisdom from Cloud & Townsend

Best-selling authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend share their wisdom and expertise on leadership in the following brief videos:

• Traits to avoid as a leader.
• Consequences for those difficult people.
• The best leaders have the best boundaries.
• Four regrets leaders have about working with difficult people.
• Biblically deal with problematic people.
• Learn to question authority. It makes for great leaders.
• The key question in Servant Leadership.
• Just say “no.” How to set limits in leadership.
• Tasks are not the point in life.
• Using outcomes to evaluate yourself as a leader.
• Getting to the hearts of those you are leading.
• The 80-20 principle.
• A foolish person diagnosed.
• The process of dealing with a fool.
• Credibility vs. Happy Talk
• The big problem in telling the truth is you.
• Worry about the right things.