You Can Win Conflicts and Build Healthy Relationships
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Conflict begins within us. Each of us
has expectations, unique world-view,
personal goals, feelings, and routines
that constitute out private world. The
dynamics of our world create a certain
flow and allow us to trust our environ-
ment or rebel against it. When our
personal expectations, outlook on life,
plans, inner feelings and living habits
don't match the realities around us, we
feel internal disruption. Soon, that
disruption is followed by turmoil and
before we know, if we don't gain
control of our situation, we will find our-
selves reacting to the world around us
based on our internal conflict. When
we impose our expectations on the
world without realizing those we relate
to also have their own private worlds
and function out of those positions and
outlooks on life, we set the stage for
conflicts.
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About the Book
Conflict is a reality of life and exists in all relationships. How we handle those disruptive occurrences makes a tremendous difference in whether conflicts escalate or are transformed. In this very useful book, Levi Williams, a United Methodist minister, who is no stranger to conflict, shares a unique process of conflict resolution that will benefit those seeking to overcome their conflict situations and replace them with mutually beneficial relationships. Having lived seven years in his home country of Liberia during its ravaging civil war, Levi presents clear groundwork for thinking about conflicts; he also analyzes the strategies of three Nobel Peace Prize winners, offers crucial attributes for persons involved in conflict resolution, and outlines the process of “Face 4” approach to conflict as practical steps to a lasting restoration of those discordant bonds that matter to us. This book is a marvelous resourceas you will note from the outline below:
PART ONE - FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1 - A Personal Journey Towards Conflict Resolution
Chapter 2 - Meekness is not Weakness
Chapter 3 - The Jesus Principle of “Turning the Other Cheek”
PART TWO - VOICES OF PEACE
Chapter 4 - Dag Hammarskjold: World Servant, International Citizen, Peacemaker
Chapter 5 - Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Approach to Conflict Resolution
Chapter 6 - Bishop Desmond Tutu – God’s Reconciling Agent
PART THREE - PREPARATION FOR PEACEMAKING
Chapter 7 - Begin in The Mirror: Traits of a Peacemaker
Chapter 8 - As A Tree Planted By A River: Understanding Human Growth and Development
Chapter 9 – Why We Rub Each Other The Wrong Way: The Nature and Sources of Conflict
PART FOUR - PRACTICING CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Chapter 10 – The Method of “Face 4”
Chapter 11 –A Conflict Resolution Program for Training of Trainers
Chapter 12 – A Conflict Resolution Program For Adult Groups
Chapter 13 –A Conflict Resolution Program For Middle School-age Students
About the Author
Levi C. Williams has been an ordained minister in the Liberia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1980. He earned the Master of Theological Studies (MTS) degree from SMU in Dallas, TX and the Master of Theology (Th.M) cum laude, from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Levi did a year of graduate studies at Boston University and is completing the Doctor of Theology (Th.D) degree through Masters International School of Divinity (MISD) in Evansville, IN. Currently he directs the Center for Peacebuilding and Development and is Adjunct Lecturer of Theology at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN