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This is an easy-to-follow, practical guide to understanding how
your relationship with family can affect your life. Most people's
lives are complicated by family relationships. Birth order, our
parents' relationship, and the 'rules' we were brought up with can
affect our self-esteem and relationships with spouses, children,
and other family members. "Family Ties that Bind" is an
easy-to-read, practical book that explains how families function
and what you can do to change the way you act in your family and
with other people. Featuring simple step-by-step exercises that
show readers how to apply the information and advice found on the
page to their own situation and develop a more positive approach to
all aspects of life.
Polarization is endemic in North American society. We see its
effects in nearly every political, cultural, theological, and
social issue. The polarized issues that exist today are not new;
they have existed for all time, and some may never be resolved.
What is different today, though, is the intensity of anger and
hatred we experience. Society seems unable to deal with the
problems and move forward. The approach Ronald Richardson describes
here promotes neither a left nor right political agenda. Building
on many of the strategies offered in his earlier book, Creating a
Healthier Church, the practical strategies presented here are based
on his own successful approach to guiding church leaders,
congregations, and community groups from conflict to understanding
and cooperation. Once again, the application of Bowen family
systems theory to the work of church leadership provides them with
effective approaches to resolving divisive issues before they do
irreparable damage to the church community.
Perhaps no single issue is of greater importance for families in
Western culture than the one of marital conflict. When couples fail
to successfully negotiate the emotional difficulties of their
relationship, it can lead either to years of unhappiness within the
marriage or to the breakdown of the marriage and to divorce.
Unhappy couples negatively affect their families and even their
communities. Couples in Conflict describes the nature of the
emotional process leading to marital difficulties and how a
minister or counselor can be a resource to help couples in
conflict. The minister/counselor will be able to help them improve
their lives personally, as well as their relationship and family
life. By extension, couples will also develop skills that will
improve their work life and their life in the community. The book
provides practical and specific approaches to helping these couples
and the issues that a minister must deal with in order to be useful
to them.
Among the most helpful and widely acclaimed resources for
addressing church conflict and the quality of church life is
Richardson's groundbreaking volume Creating a Healthier Church
(Fortress Press, 1996). His application of family systems theory to
congregational life has enormously clarified its operative systems
and especially its emotional system. In this sequel, Richardson
employs the same methodology to address the roots of personal
issues that may hinder pastors' ability to function effectively as
leaders within their congregations, and may in fact cause them deep
difficulties. He especially addresses pastors' own families of
origin, a major but often hidden component in how they function
emotionally in their congregations. When anxiety arises, unresolved
familial issues and old family patterns return, often unhelpfully.
Richardson explores these patterns, how they operate in church
situations, and how pastors can do their own family-of-origin
assessment. His volume will become a standard tool for analysis of
patterns in ministerial behavior and developing strong personal
effectiveness.
Ronald W. Richardson helps us to understand how congregations
function emotionally. Without being simplistic, he gives clear
directions on how to improve their quality of life together and
function more effectively in achieving mission goals. This book
offers: A theory about human behavior that will aid understanding
of how things can get out of control in the human community of the
church; A practical set of leadership ideas and behaviors;
Guidelines for how to behave in the midst of upsetting and
conflictual circumstances; Personal steps that leaders in the
church can take to become more positive forces for healing and
cooperation.
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