- In your experience, what most often leads to conflict in the family?
- Offer both a constructive and a destructive resolution to each of these situations:
a. A newly married couple must decide where to spend the holidays.
b. A teenage son wants to drive the car to school.
c. A dual-income couple must decide how to handle an unexpected pregnancy.
d. A teenage daughter no longer wants to share her room with her younger sister.
e. A wife gets a long-awaited job offer, but it means moving or commuting 100
miles. - This chapter has offered some general ways the Church can deal with conflict in
families. Can you think of some specific ways your church could minister to
families who are experiencing conflict?
Books:
A Child Called Itby Dave Pelzer. A memoir of Pelzer’s abusive childhood. (Orion, 2001)
The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Child Sexual Abuseby Dan Allender.
Healing for victims of child abuse. (NavPress, 2008)
The Shackby William Young. The Shack wrestles with the timeless question,“Where is
God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain? (Windblown Media, 2008)
Movies
The Burning Bed(NR). Depicts the moral ambiguities and painful questions of where
justice lies in domestic violence
If Someone Had Known(NR). Story about a physically abusive husband that is killed in
self defense
Resources
Questions for Thought
Conflict in Families