Conflict

Seeking Truth In A World Of Competing Narratives

William Grassie | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Hermeneutics, Conflict, Big History, Gadamer, Narratives, Religion and Science, Jürgen Habermas, Interpretation, Truth, Ideology, Interfaith, Ricoeur, Religion News

Is there some other way to adjudicate between the competing metanarratives that shape our lives and identities, determining how we think and act, what we hold to be true and good?

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Silent Clergy Killers: 'Toxic' Congregations Lead To Widespread Job Loss

David Briggs | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Depression, Mental Health, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Conflict, Job Cuts, United Methodist, Clergy, Self-Esteem, Congregations, Facebook, Christianity, Religion News

Months of suffering traumatic and demeaning psychological and emotional abuse as they are slowly being forced out of their pulpits due to congregational conflict, Tanner said, "is a really, really horrible process."

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"One Day on Earth" Film Premieres at U.N. and Around World

Jim Luce | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Undp, Mdgs, Film, Conflict, Children, Africa, A Gift of Beauty, United Nations, Faith, Kyle Ruddick, Netherlands, U.S.-Mexican Border, New York City, Brandon Litman, One Day on Earth, 10-10-10, Environment, Miracle of Birth, Nature, Venezuela, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Millennium Development Goals, Cut Chemist, Helen Clark, U.N. Development Programme, General Assembly, Rwanda, North Korea, Love, Entertainment News

'One Day on Earth' is a living time capsule of who we are. We have much to fix -- but we have more going for us, it seems, than not.

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What Happens When Divorce Drives A Wedge Between Sisters?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Women, Divorce, Conflict, Sisters, Hostility, Friendship Advice, Divorce News

My sister is two years older than me. We've had a pretty good relationship throughout the years although our teen years have really taken a toll.

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Your Secret Weapon in Caregiving: BOTT Therapy

Barbara Dehn | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Psychology, Elderly Care, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Elderly Caregiving, Caregiving, Conflict, Mindfulness, Biting Tongue, Peace, Bite Your Tongue, Healthy Living News

"BOTT" therapy stands for what I and millions of Americans lovingly refer to as: "Biting Of The Tongue" therapy. After living for the last six months with two very nice elderly people, my in-laws, I've had to employ this type of therapy repeatedly.

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Will the $55 billion bomber program fly?

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: B-2 Spirit, Norton Schwartz, Conflict, B-2, Pentagon, B-2s, Stealth Aircraft, War, Usd, United States, B-1 Lancer, China, United States Marine Corps, Air Force, Strategic Bomber, James Cartwright, America, Obama Administration, Eighth Air Force, Bomber, Northrop Grumman, Bomber Aircraft, F-22 Raptor, Robert Gates, B-52 Stratofortress, New Generation Bomber, Tom Christie, B-1, Afghanistan, Jet Aircraft, Politics News

By David Axe, iWatch NewsWhen the Obama administration dispatched three B-2 bombers from a Missouri air base on March 19 last year to cross the ocea...

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Can High-Conflict Couples Make Shared Parenting Work?

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: School-Age Children, Australia, Shared Parenting, Conflict, La Trobe University, Mediation, Family Transitions, Custody, Jennifer McIntosh, Parents, Divorce News

Increasingly, parents and the public are in favor of shared parenting arrangements following divorce. Although shared parenting arrangements still represent a small amount of the total arrangements, they continue to increase.

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Why Co-Parenting Sucks

Brandi Megan Granett | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Conflict, Divorce, Karma, Teens, Co-Parenting, Tweens, Parenting, Self-Esteem, Beauty, Teenagers, Divorce News

Divorce means you aren't married any more. But it doesn't mean you aren't parents anymore. You both still carry the charge to protect and raise up this life you created to the best of your ability.

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How Apologizing Makes You More Powerful

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Relationships, Conflict, Love, Arguments, Apologize, I'm Not Sorry, I'm Sorry For, Say I'm Sorry, Apologize For, I'm Sorry, Emotional Intelligence, I Apologize, To Apologize, Healthy Living News

Refusing to say, "I'm sorry, I was wrong" leaves you powerless because you can't change anything. It alienates you from other people and keeps you trapped inside the conflict forever. But when you say, "I'm sorry, I was wrong," you give yourself the power to change.

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My Biggest Divorce Regret

Steven Crandell | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Conflict, Relationships, Children, Legal Advice, Family, Separation, Women, Men, Divorce News

Many men who go through separation are dads. We know that the separation not only impacts ourselves and our partners, but also our children.

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Artist Conflicted About Award, Just Like Lindsay Conflicted About Everything

The Huffington Post | Todd | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Anti-Valentine's Day, Conflict, Huffpost Ugh, Huffpost Valentine?S Day, Ugh, Bon Iver, Valentine's Day, Valentines Day, Vday, Valentine's Day 2012, Justin Vernon, Love, Culture News

At the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the artist Bon Iver accepted his award for Best New Artist, but seemed conflicted about it, because he said he didn't ...

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Religious Tolerance in Nigeria: A View From the North

Margee Ensign | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Religion, Muslim, Intolerance, Tolerance, Conflict, Nigeria, Christian, Boko Haram, World News

Nigeria has many problems. At the moment religious intolerance is not one of them. We all pray that the inaccurate reporting does not fuel fear, hatred and more deaths. We all hope that the story of faiths coming together in harmony and support is recognized and celebrated.

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Trees n' Settlements: First the JNF, Now the Israel Nature and Parks Authority -- What's Next?

Moriel Rothman | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, A-Tur, Issawiya, Conflict, Civil Disobedience, US Policy, Solidarity Movement, Israel, Jnf, Inpa, E1, World News

The new trend: seemingly innocuous, nature-oriented bodies in Jerusalem shedding their bark, so to speak, and revealing their true identities as expert-action-arms for the agenda of the settler movement.

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Are You Really 'Just Kidding?'

Linda Lipshutz, MS, ACSW | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Relationship Advice, Conflict, Relationships, Lifestyle, Style, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

We all know that teasing can be a good-natured way of having good times and showing affection among close friends and family. We may lovingly poke fun at an unusual or annoying habit or attribute of another person with no intention of causing hurt.

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PHOTOS: Meticulous Removal Of Land Mines

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Photography, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Explosives, Peru, Photo, Conflict, Ecuador, Removal, War, Exposure, Landmines, Photojournalism, World News

Past conflicts between Ecuador and Peru have left the landscape dotted with mines, and their removal is risky business. This important job is done by ...

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How to Get Along With Your Teen: Talking, Rules, and Conflict

Shannon Kellogg | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Adolescents, Empathy, Parenting Tips, Conflict, Parenting Advice, Teens, Parents News

Parents, do not despair. You are every bit as important in your teens life now as when they were younger.

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When Friends Are on the Opposite Side of the Aisle

Linda Lipshutz, MS, ACSW | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Friendship, Conflict, Relationships, Disagreements, Political Discourse, Style News

Lately, it seems that wherever we go people are talking politics. And, no, it's not just humdrum discourse. Unfortunately, there have been many instances where seemingly friendly debates have escalated into ugly screaming matches and personal attacks.

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Villa for the Blind (PHOTOS)

Arthur Nazaryan | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Karen, Poverty, Conflict, Burma, Care Villa, Mae La, Refugee, Thailand, Myanmar, Handicapped, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, Photography, Photos, Photojournalism, World News

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Invisible and Overlooked: Refugees With Disabilities

Sarah Costa | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Displaced Persons, Conflict, People With Disabilities, World Bank Refugees, Displaced Refugees Disabilities, Un Refugees, Human Rights Refugees, Refugees Disability, Impact News

When the only people who can get to the front of the line during a food distribution following an earthquake are those who are strong and able-bodied, something is wrong.

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A Meditation For Inner Conflict

Mark Nepo | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Avoiding Conflict, Your Truth, Conflict, Meditation, Being Yourself, Inner Truth, Inner Conflict, Be Yourself, Healthy Living News

It's taken me 30 of my 49 years to realize that not being who I am is more deadly, and it has taken the last 19 years to try to make a practice of this. What this means, in a daily way, is that I have to be conscientious about being truthful and resist the urge to accommodate my truth away.

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The JNF: Planting Trees or Uprooting Families?

Moriel Rothman | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Silwan, Conflict, Elad, Himnuta, Rabbis for Human Rights, Evictions, Israel, Palestine, Jnf, World News

The Jewish National Fund was set up in 1901 to purchase land in the Land of Israel on behalf of the Jewish People. The JNF also has become Israel's forestry service. However, in addition to all of the important environmental work the JNF does, there is sadly a dark side.

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It's Finally Over -- and It Was Wrong

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Corruption, Civilian Deaths, Sectarian Violence, Destruction, Bombings, Humanitarian, Christmas, American Troops, Armed Services, Prayer, Penance, America, Soldier, Conflict, Just War, Spiritual, Political, Un, Invasion, Faith, Sojo, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Afghan, Terrorist, Congress, Georgetown University, Religious Communities, Terrorist Bomb, White House?S Health Care Summit, U.S. Troops, Unjust War, George W Bush, Financial, Nine Years, Bombing, Christian, Manipulation, President Obama, United Nations, Iraq, Military Presence, Economic, Dick Cheney, Intelligence, Occupation, Irresponsibility, Walter Jones, Fundamental Principle, Violence, Veterans, Trillion, United States, Surrender, Saddam, Arab, Combat Troops, Previous Administration, Sojourner, Iraq War, Suicide, Military, Afghanistan, Heroism, Giving, Terrorism, Donald Rumsfeld, Accountability, World News

The initial feelings that rushed over me after hearing the announcement that we're pulling out of Iraq were of deep relief. But then they turned to deep sadness over the terrible cost of a war that was always wrong: intellectually, politically, strategically and, above all, morally.

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Why Obama Sent Troops to Africa

Mia Farrow | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Conflict, Child Soldiers, Lra, Uganda, John Prendergast, Mia Farrow, South Sudan, World News

With U.S. troops on the ground, President Obama has the credibility to ask African and other nations to contribute troops and end atrocities in the most blighted parts of the continent.

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What Do The Kids REALLY Think About Your Divorce?

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: School-Age Children, Australia, Shared Parenting, Bruce Smyth, Caroline Long, Yvonne Wells, Conflict, La Trobe University, Mediation, Family Transitions, Custody, Jennifer McIntosh, Australian National University, Parents, Divorce News

There has been a steady stream of scientific findings indicating that children whose parents do not resolve their marital conflict have difficulties adjusting.

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Conflict Resolution: Why Fighting Makes Things Better

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Negotiations, Business, Conflict, Business News

We tend to assume that arguments are bad. We're wrong. The best ideas often come from arguing. Here are two examples: How fighting against a hi...

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