Columns on Church and Theology http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?NewsSectionId=26 Bondare 3.0 RSSBuilder 2013-05-21T19:28:43Z EthicsDaily.com info@ethicsdaily.com http://www.ethicsdaily.com Copyright 2002-2009 | EthicsDaily.com | All Rights Reserved 3 Essentials for Effective Conflict Management http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?viewStory=20748 2013-05-14T06:24:11Z 2013-05-14T06:24:11Z No one can eliminate all conflict in a church, but motivated and effective leaders prevent much conflict from even developing. Here are three ways they do it. Mark Tidsworth Responsible Microfinance: Not Just Loans http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?viewStory=20744 2013-05-13T05:24:36Z 2013-05-13T05:24:36Z A Christian microfinance charity says its focus is on transforming lives, not making money, and it goes to people and places ignored by micro-financiers more focused on profit. Anthony McKernan Minority Scholars Draw Strength Sharing Their Stories http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?viewStory=20743 2013-05-13T05:22:13Z 2013-05-13T05:22:13Z The first-ever gathering of a group of minority scholars was a chance to share stories of oppression in the hopes of working toward restoration, justice and reconciliation. Grace Ji-Sun Kim Pain, Grief Remind Us We Need One Another http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?viewStory=20742 2013-05-10T05:56:04Z 2013-05-10T05:56:04Z Experiencing pain is a part of what it means to be human. It's part of what connects us to other human beings. At the end of the day, we all just want to be loved. Elizabeth Evans Hagan Is Your Church an Institution or a Family? http://www.ethicsdaily.com/news.php?viewStory=20734 2013-05-09T06:17:46Z 2013-05-09T06:17:46Z Family language about church reveals our yearning for intimacy, and corporate language points to our realization that, whatever else the church is, it is an institution. Which should it be? Guy Sayles