Church fights – Resolve Conflict Now

Holy Week, Easter and church fights

Strangely enough, Holy Week is not a week for church fights in most places. Simply put, the people in church who love being traditional are too busy preparing and helping with Easter breakfasts, commuinion, music, footwashing etc.. Working together to make sure the traditions get done well (in the traditional style) generally takes precedence over…

Church Mediation and Late Winter Blahs

I have found in churches, as in pastors, a tendency toward depression the last month or so of winter. One church I pastored had a blow-up every year at the end of January that would intensify until the weather started getting warmer. Once the weather changed to springlike conditions the controversy would fade away almost…