What is unavoidable & changing, temporary & ever-lasting, stressful & fun, and comforting & challenging all at the same time? Relationships! From dating and marriage relationships to relationships with co-workers and siblings, relating with other people well gives us an opportunity to love and grow, but also requires maturity and conflict management skills.
The complex nature of relationships means that they cannot be nourished with simply quick fixes and tid-bits of advice. Redeeming Relationships: How to Resolve 10 Common Conflicts by Marty Trammell and Rich Rollins honors that complexity as it digs deep into the root of the issues many of us struggle with.
You’ll be challenged by tough questions that expose important truths—including “Are you reluctant to give mature people permission to confront you?” and “Do you have to have the last word?” and we especially like the helpful Q&As, suggestions for prayer and lists of thought-provoking statements, such as,
A woman who is married to a jerk is best served if she doesn’t respond like one.”
How’s that for truth!
Relationships also require self reflection, humility and the willingness to acknowledge and change unhealthy patterns, which takes us to our next gift!
In Spiritual Fitness: A Guide to Biblical Maturity, Trammell and Rollins offer helpful steps and advice to assess and improve our spiritual lives—which bleeds into other areas of life, especially relationships. One of the sections is “Getting Rid of Distractions;” So often, we are too distracted by the busyness of life to pay attention to our words, behavior, emotions, as well as the way we affect other people. It is important to create time and space for reflection and clarity. Trammell and Rollins say,
We believe that God creates moments of clarity when each of us had the opportunity to consider changing.”
We’re giving away five packages with a copy each of Spiritual Fitness & Redeeming Relationships.
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