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Lisa RunnelsIf you asked me before I became a pastor how I dealt with conflict, I would say directly and immediately. Even if you asked me how I dealt with conflict as a pastor, I would give the same answer—until recently. Currently, I am working on a Master of Business Administration in Strategic Leadership at Dakota Wesleyan University, focusing on applying the learnings to the local church. The past two terms have been heavy in discussion about conflict, and I must confess I started to have a new understanding of myself and my role as a pastor in the midst of conflict.
Abingdon PressTori C. Butler is Black. She’s Young. She is a Woman. And She’s Grieved. This is the title to her chapter in a book edited by Rudy Rasmus called I’m Black: I’m Christian. I am Methodist. Rev. Butler begins her reflection using the visual of a symbol of grief that sits on her desk – a stained-glass cross. While to others, it may appear to be a work of art, for Rev. Butler, it is a reminder that she graduated from a seminary where racial discrimination was evident to her as one of the only Black students in the classroom. It also represents the tension between her call to ministry and the “stained glass brick ceiling” that existed for her “because [she] dared to be young, gifted, Black and a woman” (16).
https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-writing-on-notebook-while-holding-coffee-mug-3278757/This week, I spoke to a spiritual direction student about spiritual practices, sometimes called spiritual disciplines. When speaking to folks familiar with spiritual disciples, the first things that come to mind are prayer and reading Scripture or the holy text.
This student was trying to explore the idea of “outside the box” practices that could open people to discoveries about themselves and God. Speaking to the student about what the phrase “outside the box” means to her, we narrowed down that she wasn’t looking for unattainable or understandable practices, but practices in the everyday that opens up our spirit.
