Skip to Main Content
Women of the ELCA
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Tools For Leaders
  • Publications
  • Daily Grace
  • Contact
  • Ministry & Action
    • Discipleship
    • Justice
      • Human Trafficking
      • Racial Justice Advocacy
      • Racial Justice Advocacy Network resources
      • Domestic Violence
    • Membership
    • Stewardship
      • Thankofferings
      • Faithful Friends
      • Katie’s Fund
      • Gift Planning
    • Special Initiatives
      • Raising Up Healthy Women & Girls
      • Dear Friend in Christ
    • Scholarships
      • Lutheran laywomen
      • Lutheran Ordained Ministry
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Events
  • About
    • History
    • Executive Board
    • Staff
    • Get Involved
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Tools For Leaders
  • Publications
  • Daily Grace
  • Contact
« Back to All Daily Grace

Conflict is complex

9.24.2020
|
Daily Grace

Conflict: Do you see it as a fight? A maze you cannot find your way through? Do you feel it as a surge of energy? A knot in the stomach? We need Christ’s healing in the midst of conflict at home, at our jobs, in our congregations, across our church, and globally.

Conflict is complex. Each of us has our own images, personal histories, emotions, and understandings of conflict. The gift and goal of life together in the church is–as the body of Christ–to minister to a wounded world. We are part of that world; we also inflict many of those wounds.

In Christ, we become gifts to one another so that, in the midst of our differences, we can be the faithful community God is calling us to be.

This message is adapted from “Healing in the Midst of Conflict” written by Norma Cook Everist in the October 2005 issue of Lutheran Woman Today (now Gather magazine).”

Do you enjoy these free Daily Grace messages? If so, donate now to further the ministry. Use the “where needed most” line. Subscribe to Gather magazine for full articles excerpted in Daily Grace.

Share

Sign up for Daily Grace

Daily Grace is an on-the-go companion for your journey, offering a faith reflection every day. Encounter God’s extravagant, boundless and often surprising grace by signing up for a daily email message. You can also download the newly updated app for your IOS and Android devices.

Women of the ELCA
18h
Women of the ELCA
@WomenoftheELCA

Open Bold Connections now to learn how to stay connected in uncertain times. For starters, sign up up for tonight's Boldcafe dinner. Learn other ways in our newsletter. conta.cc/3pSg8n7 pic.twitter.com/bnTUlw25oR

Expand reply reply retweet retweet favorite favorite
Back to home

8765 W. Higgins Rd.

Chicago IL 60631

800-638-3522

[email protected]

Stay In Touch

Sign up for the WELCA Newsletter

Explore WELCA
  • Ministry & Action
  • Daily Grace
  • Resource Library
  • Events
  • Blog
  • News
  • About WELCA
  • Tools For Leaders
  • Publications
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Photos
Explore Publications

Bold Cafe

A Lutheran perspective for women of Christian faith or any woman who is interested in how faith relates to the issues facing women today.

Gather Magazine

A mix of articles, theological reflections, devotions and stories of comfort and challenge that help readers grow in faith.

Cafe Podcast

Subscribe to our podcast:

Click to subscribe

© Copyright 2021 Women of the ELCA. All Rights Reserved.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
  • Contact
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
© Copyright 2021 Women of the ELCA. All Rights Reserved.