71. Milk Without Manure? Understanding Conflict - Alan Cain (Part 1)

Conflict is inevitable. People are messy. Lessons from decades of church leadership.

RESOURCES

• 1. The Perilous Trinity Deep Dive
• Church of God General Conference
• Lawrenceville Church of God
• 18. Rex’s Legacy / Music of Grace / The Loaf - Laura Varnadore
• Howdy Doody
• Barney & Friends (the purple dinosaur)
• UCA Conference
• UCA Facebook Group
• When A Word Is Worth A Thousand Complaints (and When It Isn’t), Christianity Today, Dec. 21, 2020
• 9. The Biblical Unitarian Podcast - Dustin Smith
• 50. Church Plant - Will Barlow (Part 1)
• The Biblical Unitarian Podcast
• The Gospel Truth YouTube channel, Marlon Wilson
• Regional UCA Conferences
• You Can't Have Milk Without Manure - Handout (pdf file)

EPISODE INDEX

• 00:01:10 - What Is The UCA?
• 00:02:58 - Interview
• 00:04:02 - Alan Intro
• 00:05:01 - Drawing The Line
• 00:06:14 - Lessons To Be Learned
• 00:07:43 - Relevance
• 00:10:05 - Nature of Conflict
• 00:12:50 - Lowered Expectations
• 00:15:20 - Self Esteem
• 00:17:10 - Howdy Doody
• 00:21:09 - The Dead Aren't Offended
• 00:22:25 - Father, Forgive
• 00:23:18 - How We React
• 00:24:40 - Not Mediating
• 00:25:36 - Assumptions
• 00:29:29 - Assume You're Not Perfect
• 00:30:30 - Not “You Or Them”
• 00:32:03 - Avoiding the Conflict
• 00:33:38 - Lighten Up
• 00:34:22 - Principal and Preference
• 00:35:19 - The People Who Like Conflict
• 00:37:41 - Leadership and Driving Away
• 00:39:28 - Tension Is Good
• 00:41:54 - Welcoming Conflict
• 00:44:20 - The Fan Principle
• 00:49:35 - Serving Outside Your Giftedness
• 00:51:51 - Specks And Beams
• 00:52:49 - Understanding our own Grace
• 00:55:58 - Health
• 00:58:31 - Next Time, Super Duper
• 00:59:59 - Events
• 01:00:38 - Mailbag
• 01:01:27 - Correction, CT Article
• 01:02:14 - Welcome
• 01:03:06 - Recent Debate
• 01:04:11 - Regional UCA Conferences

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