Tactical Pause

Pausing to lift our concerns to God is a valuable habit to form when approaching a conflict. In Resolving Everyday Conflict, Ken Sande and Kevin Johnson write, “One of the most valuable things you can do in conflict is to simply stop—just as you are about to say something to put conflict over the edge, just as you are about to cause relationship wreckage. … That’s the time to simply STOP and ask yourself, ‘How can I please and honor God in this situation?’” (47). In the military, such a stop ...