Redeeming Conflict: 12 Habits for Christian Leaders
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
It seems counterintuitive: conflict can be a blessing. But Catholic theologian and conflict mediator Ann M. Garrido identifies conflict as a potentially fruitful exchange that arises from living and working together in the diverse world God created. Garrido, author of the bestselling Redeeming Administration, offers twelve practical habits for responding to conflict, pairs each habit with a spiritual companion from history, and offers questions and prayers for growth.
In Redeeming Conflict, Ann Garrido explains that conversion comes through conversation, that there is a difference between “the truth” and “my truth,” and that you should be curious and practice “Pentecost listening”—or empathic listening—even if you think something is way off base.
Garrido will help Christian leaders discover how to speak directly with colleagues about tensions and about how to know themselves well enough to keep from becoming defensive in the face of negative feedback.
She uses saintly examples to illustrate her points, calling upon stories of St. Francis and a Muslim sultan, Leo the Great, Archbishop Óscar Romero, and Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. Garrido also offers sample exercises and tools to work through conflict within an organization and provides self-assessment questions and a prayer at the end of each chapter to help apply it to your personal and professional life. A small group discussion guide and a parish resource guide, which features homily and bulletin aids are available as a free downloads for the book.
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- Uses saintly examples to illustrate her points
- Helps Christian leaders discover how to speak directly with colleagues about tensions
- Presents twelve practices to help transform the relationships with each other in Christian communities
- Sidestep the Triangle
- Be Curious
- Listen toward Understanding
- Undo the Knot of Intention
- Welcome Emotion
- Speak Your Voice
- Know and Steady Thyself
- Pray to Forgive
- Repent
- Problem Solve
- Be Trustworthy, Not Necessarily Trusting
- Practice Prudence
Ann Garrido shares great insight into leading God’s people and facing conflict. She helps us become more self-aware and fosters pastoral sensitivity for those unavoidable times when we encounter discord and tension.
Most Rev. Gregory M. Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans
While conflict is inevitable in both our work and personal lives, Garrido paints a wonderful picture of how we can effectively listen, navigate tensions, and live in communion with fellow travelers on this journey in faith.
Kevin Baxter, Senior Director and Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Every person in a leadership position—indeed anyone who is employed—should first be required to review this book. Dr. Garrido takes us on a journey of self-reflection through her questions at the end, and throughout each chapter which, if we are honest with ourselves, has the ability to transform the world’s thinking.
Janice Edwards-Armstrong, Director of Leadership Education, Association of Theological Schools
- Title: Redeeming Conflict: 12 Habits for Christian Leaders
- Author: Ann M. Garrido
- Publisher: Ave Maria Press
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 270
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Conflict management › Religious aspects--Christianity; Interpersonal relations › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781594716133, 9781594716140, 1594716137, 1594716145
- Resource ID: LLS:RDMNG12CHRSLDRS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:44:44Z