‘I Had No Choice’ Is a Lame Excuse

Posted by Alberta in Choices, Inner Peacemaker Understanding your choices is essential in managing conflict. And, yes, there is always more than one choice! You just have to decide what consequence you will live with. This helps you resolve your own inner conflict. And just as important is the strategy of providing choices for others when you are in conflict. The narrowing of choice is not motivating. It is the expansion of choice or the...
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Seeking Reconciliation – A Conflict Management Strategy

Posted by Alberta in Conflict Resolution, Practical Spirituality, Relationships Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. (Matthew: 5:23-25) Managing conflict and finding reconciliation sometimes means admitting you are wrong or acknowledging that you have hurt or harmed some other...
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What is the Truth that You Bear Witness to Through Your Faith?

Posted by Alberta in Choices, Practical Spirituality Is your Spiritual Resume up to date?  Are you a disciple of some faith?  What is the Truth that you bear witness to through your faith?  By definition, a disciple of Christ is always stepping up spiritually by bearing witness to Jesus the Christ.  Being a disciple need not mean that you throw off all your earthly occupations or do away with all other endeavors in life.  However, if you are a...
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Being Your Brother’s Keeper Means Stepping Up Spiritually

Posted by Alberta in Business & Organizations, Choices, Practical Spirituality, Relationships Stepping Up Spiritually is a basic element of being on any Path of expanded consciousness. It is really for each of us to interpret what being my brother’s keeper means in our daily lives. Fortunately, it is one of those phrases that needs little in the way of basic explanation.  It is the unexpected events in life that provide opportunity for us to truly put it to work.  Tomorrow, a neighbor...
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