The Peacemaker Student Edition: Handling Conflict Without Fighting Back or Running Away

Book Description

Today's teens face conflicts at school, the workplace, home---train them to become peacemakers!

Writing to parents, youth workers, and pastors, Ken Sande and Kevin Johnson show how applying biblical principles to contentious situations can bring about forgiveness and reconciliation---instead of anger and violence.

This approachable and much-needed resource is ideal for individual or group study.

Authors

Ken Sande is the founder of Peacemaker Ministries, the Institute for Christian Conciliation and Relational Wisdom 360. Trained as an engineer, lawyer and mediator, Ken has conciliated hundreds of family, business, church, and legal conflicts. As president of RW360, he now focuses on teaching people how to "get upstream of conflict" by developing skills that strengthen relationships and reduce conflict in the family, church and workplace. He teaches internationally and is the author of numerous books, articles, and training resources, including The Peacemaker, which has sold over 500,000 copies in seventeen languages. He is a Certified Relational Wisdom Instructor and Conciliator, Emotional Intelligence Certified Instructor (through TalentSmart), and has served as a church elder and as an Editorial Adviser for Christianity Today. He and his wife, Corlette, have married children and a growing number of grandchildren, and love to hike and ski in the mountains near their home in Billings, Montana.

Kevin Johnson (www.kevinjohnsonbooks.com) is the creator of the first-of-its-kind Pray the Scriptures Bible and the bestselling author or coauthor of more than sixy books and Bible products for adults, students, and children. His training includes an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and a BA in English and print journalism from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. With a background as a youth worker, senior nonfiction book editor, and teaching pastor, he is now a career consultant and executive coach in Minnesota, helping people take their bold next steps in work and life. Kevin is married to Lyn, and they have three grown children.

Additional Information

Cover: Softcover
Number of Pages: 175
Publisher: Baker Books
Publication Date: 2008