71. Milk Without Manure? Understanding Conflict - Alan Cain (Part 1)

Conflict is inevitable. People are messy. Lessons from decades of church leadership.

RESOURCES

1. The Perilous Trinity Deep Dive Church of God General Conference Lawrenceville Church of God 18. Rex’s Legacy / Music of Grace / The Loaf - Laura Varnadore Howdy Doody Barney & Friends (the purple dinosaur) UCA Conference UCA Facebook Group When A Word Is Worth A Thousand Complaints (and When It Isn’t), Christianity Today, Dec. 21, 2020 9. The Biblical Unitarian Podcast - Dustin Smith 50. Church Plant - Will Barlow (Part 1) The Biblical Unitarian Podcast The Gospel Truth YouTube channel, Marlon Wilson Regional UCA Conferences You Can't Have Milk Without Manure - Handout (pdf file)

EPISODE INDEX

00:01:10 - What Is The UCA? 00:02:58 - Interview 00:04:02 - Alan Intro 00:05:01 - Drawing The Line 00:06:14 - Lessons To Be Learned 00:07:43 - Relevance 00:10:05 - Nature of Conflict 00:12:50 - Lowered Expectations 00:15:20 - Self Esteem 00:17:10 - Howdy Doody 00:21:09 - The Dead Aren't Offended 00:22:25 - Father, Forgive 00:23:18 - How We React 00:24:40 - Not Mediating 00:25:36 - Assumptions 00:29:29 - Assume You're Not Perfect 00:30:30 - Not “You Or Them” 00:32:03 - Avoiding the Conflict 00:33:38 - Lighten Up 00:34:22 - Principal and Preference 00:35:19 - The People Who Like Conflict 00:37:41 - Leadership and Driving Away 00:39:28 - Tension Is Good 00:41:54 - Welcoming Conflict 00:44:20 - The Fan Principle 00:49:35 - Serving Outside Your Giftedness 00:51:51 - Specks And Beams 00:52:49 - Understanding our own Grace 00:55:58 - Health 00:58:31 - Next Time, Super Duper 00:59:59 - Events 01:00:38 - Mailbag 01:01:27 - Correction, CT Article 01:02:14 - Welcome 01:03:06 - Recent Debate 01:04:11 - Regional UCA Conferences

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