Episode 315. How to Have Healthy Conflict with Donna Jones
In this episode of Radical Radiance, host Rebecca George sits down with Donna Jones to talk about her recently released book Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life. They tackle the critical role of humility in approaching conflict. Donna shares a compelling personal story about overcoming potential resentment in a friendship through confronting the conversation with a question, highlighting the importance of listening and understanding before drawing conclusions about others' motives.
Donna Jones is a national speaker, church planter and pastor's wife. A graduate of UCLA with a degree in interpersonal communications, she hosts the weekly That’s Just What I Needed podcast, is the author of Seek: A Woman’s Guide to Meeting God, Taming Your Family Zoo, the Get Healthy Bible study series, and is a contributing author to the devotionals A Moment to Breathe and Arise, Daily. A contributor to Crosswalk.com, she has had several articles make the “Top Ten of the Year” list and has been on numerous television and radio shows and podcasts, including Focus on the Family Broadcast and Good Day, Dallas. Donna is passionate about equipping others to know, love, and follow God in their real, everyday lives. She wants to know, love, and follow God this way herself. She and her husband, JP Jones, make their home in Southern California.
Rebecca and Donna chat about:
The importance of addressing conflict to create unity
Humility as the key quality in handling conflict
Initiating difficult conversations by asking questions and actively listening
People are often only 20% accurate in assigning motives to others' actions
The focus of Donna's book on healthy conflict resolution and its relevance to relationships
The role of humility in resolving conflicts
Initiating difficult conversations and honoring God
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