Happy Feast Day of Saint Francis On October 4th we celebrate the Feast Day of the beloved saint, Francis of Assisi. This year we have been gifted with an extraordinary Read More
Don’t Publish, Mediate Conflict is brewing at the Vatican. When the Pontifical Academy for Sciences took up the Climate Change cause in concert with U.N. leaders and Read More
How to Resolve Conflict: Four Ways Our Perceptions Deceive Us Perceptions are tricky things. Have you ever asked witnesses to a crime to describe the culprit? Very often, their descriptions of the suspect vary, Read More
How to Make Peace: Apology “Apologies play an important role in conflict resolution. But too often we do not know how to craft an appropriate apology.” Watch the video Read More
How to Resolve a Conflict Before It Spirals Out of Control: Stages of Escalation Conflicts start small. Words are exchanged. Feelings are hurt. If handled quickly, such fights prove to be nothing but speed bumps in the road Read More
The Silence of Franciscan Prayer The only language appropriate to address God is silence.… Only in silence can we enter into the great mystery we call “God…” If you Read More
Faith-Based Conflict Resolution Skills: How to Assess Your Needs If we’re serious about resolving the conflict in our lives, we need to be able to articulate our own needs. Of course, most of Read More
The Evil Before Christmas: A Franciscan Reflection on Advent Guest post by Lindsay Stone Did you hear about the Christian children who were beheaded in Iraq? Four of them accepted martyrdom rather Read More
A Franciscan Peacemaker’s Guide to Spiritual and Mundane Needs When we resolve conflict, we have to address the needs of all the parties involved. A resolution that doesn’t satisfy most or all of Read More
Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Other Tales From the Land of Death and Dehumanization Guest post by Lindsay Stone Police Tie 62 Yr Old Florida Vacationer to Chair & Pepper Spray Him to Death That’s the headline that Read More
Saint Francis and the Beggar Saint Francis was known for his generosity. Throughout the medieval world and down to the modern day he has had a reputation as a Read More
Franciscan Spirituality and the Lonely Planet of Misdeeds We hear it all the time, “You can’t tell me what to do.” Once upon a time we heard that cliché mostly from the Read More
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