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Arguments are ineffectual unless supported by events. -
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How To Apologize • express sorrow (I’m sorry) • own guilt (I was wrong) • name specific wrongs (I did X) • name impact (I hurt u) • no IFs (sorry if I) • don’t blameshift/defend (but u) ... -
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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything onto which it is poured. -
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First, we do not believe that strong convictions cause incivility. Instead, we believe poorly formed convictions cause incivility. -
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The reason we fight with each other, and often believe the worst about each other, is that we form convictions about things for which we care deeply. Unfortunately, we all care deeply about different ... -
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We may have more disagreements with nonbelievers, but our disagreements with fellow believers are more problematic and more emotionally charged. -
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The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over. -
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You can either practice being right or practice being kind. -
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Like-minded, homogeneous groups squelch dissent, grow more extreme in their thinking, and ignore evidence that their positions are wrong. As a result, we now live in a giant feedback loop, hearing our... -
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“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.” -
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Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. -
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The easiest thing you can do to have more productive disagreements immediately is to remember to ask the other person: “Is this about what’s true, what’s meaningful, or what’s useful?” Is this about t... -
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We build too many walls and not enough bridges. -
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes. -
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When I meet someone with whom I disagree, whom I dislike, or whom I find threatening, I can do one of four things. I can kill them, I can create a structure of coercion so I can control them, or I can... -
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Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid. -
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Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional. -
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“You feeling strong, my friend? Call me elf one more time.” -
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The issue is not whether I agree with someone but rather how I treat someone with whom I profoundly disagree. We Christians are called to use the “weapons of grace,” which means treating even our oppo... -
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“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room.” -
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Conflict is a painful fact of life. Many of us have not experienced the trauma of war or the violence of racism, but we have all been wounded by words. -
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These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and... -
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Birds need two wings to fly. With only one wing, they’re grounded. The gospel flies with the wings of grace and truth. Not one, but both. -
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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, "Here comes my food!" -
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A troublemaker is a man who can rock the boat and persuade everybody there's a terrible storm at sea. -
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I have always wanted to be me without making it difficult for you to be you. -
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A pure heart won't get us out of conflict and controversy. It may well be the very thing that gets us into it. -
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We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God. -
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Never let a good crisis go to waste. -
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Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not "blessed are the troublemakers."
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