Posts Tagged ‘mediation’

As a practicing attorney, Linda Warren Seely deals with a certain amount of conflict. But her Christian faith calls her to help people settle disagreements outside the legal process where possible and in ways that might be more satisfying and sustaining for all parties.

National Catholic Reporter: Bill Tammeus, Presbyterian elder and former award-winning Faith columnist for The Kansas City Star, offers a great reflection about the need for Christians to take mediation seriously as disciples of the Prince of Peace.

Ted Talks posted a great video of William Ury’s talk – The Walk from ‘no’ to ‘yes’. If you are interested in conflict and mediation, this 18 minute video is well worth your time.

This is the eighth installment of a 10-video series that JustPeace is producing around the release of Tom Porter’s book, The Spirit & Art of Conflict Transformation: Creating a Culture of JustPeace.

The circle process a great gift to the Church as it evokes the best of our theology, recognizes the importance of ritual and sacred space and time, emphasizes the significance of relational covenants, encourages deep listening and respectful speaking from
the heart, moves us away from parliamentary procedure to consensus decision‐making, creates an empowering servant or stewardship understanding of leadership, and focuses us on the mission of reconciliation, healing relationships and creating community.

GROUP FACILITATION – TIPS FOR THE FACILITATOR Dealing with Unhelpful Comments Often a facilitator needs to deal with unhelpful or negative comments from participants. Facilitators can handle these constructively by recognizing them as they occur. In this list of commonly heard statements, suggested facilitator responses follow in brackets. While all the responses below are often [...]