Conflict, Gospel Order, and the Covenant Community

by F. Peter Phillips
Cornwall Friends Meeting

Finding Potential in Conflict

by Stuart Bartram 
Genesee Valley Meeting

I am interested in the potential in conflict. I’ll try to explain why. The following took place in an Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) workshop inside a prison. A young man had shared from his experience and his pain. He was finding his way, he was engaged. I was dearly glad he was with us. That’s a piece of why I was there. AVP works!

A New Approach to Engaging With Our Conflicts

by Tom Rothschild 
Brooklyn Meeting
(now attending Strawberry Creek Meeting)

It’s time to take a fresh look at “conflict “and how we respond to it and engage with it—or all too often, run away from it and pretend it doesn’t exist, particularly when it’s within our meeting or involves us personally.