Monthly Archives: June 2012

Fencing Over Fights

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Q. This past Sunday our pastor “fenced the table” (i.e., brought the warning regarding coming to the Lord’s Table in an unworthy manner; 1 Corinthians 11:27-29) by using the Lord’s words found at Matthew 5:23-24 concerning unreconciled relationships and how … Continue reading →

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Difficult people in the church (and my temptation to be such a fraud re: gospel relationships …)

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

(This is a repost from my personal blog …) Yesterday was a particularly great day for me—at first. We still had friends over from a sleepover and the crafts, creative play, and laughs were rolling right along. My  husband, Fred, … Continue reading →

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Enter to Win Over $100 in Free Biblical Peacemaking Materials

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

In just a few minutes, my husband and I are going to take my new TaraBarthel.com website live. You can’t believe how different the software is! Technology has REALLY changed in ten years … now I can even italicize and … Continue reading →

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Doesn’t God Condone Church Conflict in 1 Corinthians 11:17-19?

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

This summer at our church I am teaching the material of Redeeming Church Conflicts in one of our Sunday morning adult community groups. Yesterday during class a man said (with a degree of confidence) that the Bible endorses conflict in … Continue reading →

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Live on CHRI 99.1FM in just a few minutes (Dave’s and my first interview together!)

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

Dave and I will be going live on 99.1FM CHRI’s “Bookmarks” program in just a few minutes. We would love to have you listen in: Dave & Tara’s Interview on 99.1FM CHRI

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New Redeeming Church Conflict section at TaraBarthel.com

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

My husband is working very hard to create a new website for me. (Our current early-1990′s retro look can only last so long.) And of course it contains an entire section devoted to Redeeming Church Conflicts just in case you care … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Ken Sande’s (New!) “Relational Wisdom 360″

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

I had the opportunity to attend Ken Sande’s new “Relational Wisdom” (“RW”) seminar this past week. Ken was my former supervisor at Peacemaker Ministries and we have been close friends for nearly 20 years. Ken has the unique ability to … Continue reading →

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Links to the Foundational Peacemaking Principles

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

Here are just a few of the foundational biblical peacemaking principles that we discussed on Lifeline with Kurt Goff: Getting to the Heart of Conflict The Four G’s The Seven A’s of Confession The Four Promises of Forgiveness

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“Redeeming Church Conflicts” — LIVE on WDCX’s Lifeline with Kurt Goff

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

In just a few minutes, I’m going live on WDCX’s program “Lifeline with Kurt Goff.” You can listen in by clicking here. (And if you have even a moment, I’d SO appreciate your prayers because I have to solo the hour-long program due … Continue reading →

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Truth Cannot Fail (Part 5 of Churches in Conflict Often Overlook Some Basic Truths About Truth)

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

The fourth and final statement that Jesus makes to Pilate in the narrative we find at John 18 and 19 confirms another aspect of the nature of truth: that truth is not dependent on anything outside of itself, and, therefore, … Continue reading →

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