Tag: disagreement

Were Early Christians Socialists?

Today socialism is a hot topic. In 2015, Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders won the hearts of many young Americans in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination with promises of free college tuition and medicare for all. More recently Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken the spotlight as she pushes the radical vision of her Green New…
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Are We A House Divided?

Recently the big story in the news is the government shutdown.  I don’t know all of the details, but at the center of it is the fact that congress cannot agree on a variety of things. Neither one is willing to budge on their positions, and they are not treating one another with respect.  As…
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Is Conflict Always Bad?

A lot of times when we face conflict, we tend to default into a defensive position.  We assume that the person or persons whom we are in conflict with is against us, when most of the time they are only against our differing opinion.  Unfortunately, this wrong assumption often brings about conflict that is not…
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