The Discipline of Conflict

The NTS Wynkoop Center for Women in Leadership is hosting a Zoom call focused on giving people tools to engage in conflict faithfully as Christians.

Paul urged the church in Rome to do all in its power to live at peace with everyone (chapter 12). That’s a tall order these days, but there are skills we can learn and practices we can strengthen in pursuit of Christian peace-ableness. Join us for a one-hour webinar as Dr. Sarah Coleson-Derck and Dr. Julene Tegerstrand explore the intersection of spiritual formation, conflict, and compassionate nonviolence. In a society being torn apart by conflict, Christian discipleship must include the inner work of developing the capacities for peacemaking: imagination, emotional wisdom, courage, compassionate listening, and nonviolent communication. Discover practical resources and practices for those ready to pursue holiness through the way of peace.

Speakers:

Dr. Sarah Coleson-Derck is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and serves as Dean of the Faculty at Nazarene Theological Seminary and Professor of Biblical and Near Eastern Studies. Previously, she taught at Nazarene Theological College (Manchester, UK), Indiana Wesleyan University, and Houghton University. She has written two volumes in the New Beacon Bible Commentary series (Ruth and Song of Songs),and served as associate editor for the Global Wesleyan Encyclopedia of the Biblical Theology as well as published and presented on the topics of women of the ancestral narratives, the Megillot, wisdom literature, and preaching the Old Testament.

Dr. Julene Tegerstrand is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and an adjunct professor at Nazarene Theological Seminary. With over 20 years of experience in Nazarene higher education, both in the U.S. and South Korea, her teaching, research and writing centers on the intersection of conflict transformation, leadership, and spiritual formation. She offers individual and group spiritual direction and is the creator of Pathways to Peace, a course designed to help Christians integrate their spiritual life with their everyday relationships. Julene also writes at Human Is a Verb, a Substack exploring the sacred art and practice of human-ing in an age of disruption.