How you react to others can change the course of events - for the better or the worse.
Join us as we gain wisdom in our discussion about de-escalation with special guest John Riley.
John shares his wisdom from training Church Security teams and others how to have a gentle response, to interact in situations with a "Kingdom mindset."
John 's experience early on was in the military and law enforcement, before launching his current 6 year plus ministry to churches.
In a nutshell, see all people as image bearers of God. If they offend you or seem a risk, the first steps should be:
1) Be nice.
2) Agree to disagree
3) Walk away
If you serve on a security team, as a parent, teacher, etc take this ministry mindset and you will de-escalate potential conflicts -- instead of fanning them, even unintentionally, into flames.
Proverbs 15:1 MSG
"A gentle response defuses anger,
but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire."
Learn more about John's approach and resources at his website:
https://gentle-response.com/
"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Do everything in love.."
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ESV
DE-ESCALATION: gentle-response
How you react to others can change the course of events - for the better or the worse.
Join us as we gain wisdom in our discussion about de-escalation with special guest John Riley.
John shares his wisdom from training Church Security teams and others how to have a gentle response, to react in situations with a "Kingdom mindset."
John 's experience early on was in the military and law enforcement, before launching his current 6 year plus ministry to churches.
In a nutshell, see all people as image bearers of God. If they offend you or seem a risk, the first steps should be:
1) Be nice.
2) Agree to disagree.
3) Walk away.
If you serve on a security team, as a parent, teacher, etc take this ministry mindset and you will de-escalate potential conflicts -- instead of fanning them, even unintentionally, into flames.
Proverbs 15:1 MSG
"A gentle response defuses anger,
but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire."
gentle-response resources
https://gentle-response.com/
QUIET TIMES
- Malachi 1 - Honor God with your Firstfruits
- Luke 9 - Give up / die to / relinquish my desires - Be peaceful
- Jeremiah 3:19 -God desires a relationship with you
- Mark 16:15-17 - Be an example, live like Jesus
The purpose of our podcast is to help each other be better leaders, husbands and fathers for God's glory. Our discussions are based on elements from the Men's Ministry at Hillcrest Christian Reformed Church in Hudsonville, MI. For more information about us, check our website and hillcrestcrc.org