Getting started

For the lesson “Work Toward Reconciliation”, I thought about defining reconciliation, and then delineating how to achieve it.

The article, “If Look’s Could Kill” by Chip Bell brings out the importance and urgency of reconciliation. He also defines it as “change thoroughly”. He makes the point of how different God’s kingdom is from life in America using God’s word and quotes from two popular TV shows.

The article, “Effective Interpersonal Relationships” by Emery Nester offers a discussion of reconciliation in the context of developing effective interpersonal relationships.

In a previous post I mentioned the use of a peace pipe to help turn a broken relationship into a friendship. I presented the peace pipe as a gift, and the door to reconciliation was opened (see Prov 18:16a).