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Paradoxy:
Creating Christian Community
Beyond Us and Them

By Ken Howard

Paradoxy:Creating Christian CommunityBeyond Us and Them
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Like the pandemic we are currently facing, the deep political divisions in our society are increasingly and virulently infecting the body politic of faith, and in their own way are equally deadly.  This leaves faith leaders and their congregations struggling with many difficult questions:

  • How do we encourage respectful dialogue and allow for disagreement without contempt?
  • How do we engage issues of truth and justice without deepening divisions between those who disagree?
  • How do we maintain a sense of community without submerging our responsibility to truth and seek justice?
  • How do we give love and mystery take precedence over the need to be right, once again?

Paradoxy: Creating Christian Community Beyond Us and Them provides answers to these questions and more. I wrote Paradoxy for faith leaders and congregations to show that disagreement need not be seen as a sign of congregational dysfunction but rather can be a source of congregational strength. That UNITY does not require UNIFORMITY. That we do not need to make a THEM in order to create an US.

Paradoxy describes a radical middle way of honest, compassionate, and respectful dialogue between people who disagree, and shows congregations how to get there.

Paradoxy is great for small group study, conflict transformation dialogue, faith leader education, and more. Each chapter has Biblical reflections and discussion questions.

Best of all, paperback copies of Paradoxy are available FREE (postage only) in two quantities:

  • Single copies – for personal reading.
  • Ten-packs – for group or congregational study and dialogue.

The Paradoxy 10-Pack for Group Study includes:

  • 10 free copies of Paradoxy for the cost of postage
  • Immediate free download of Paradoxy in PDF format
  • Immediate free download of Paradoxy Conflict Transformation Facilitator’s Guide in PDF format, with handouts for various applications
  • Free 30 minute introductory coaching session on putting Paradoxy to work in your congregation.

How to order:

All non-Amazon versions include immediate FREE download of the Paradoxy Facilitation Guide for Conflict Transformation with handouts for various contexts.

* Original publisher’s suggested retail price of Paradoxy is $16.95.

Praise for Paradoxy:

Again this year, literally tons of new books will be published – shelves, libraries, trucks, dumpsters full – and most among them won’t carry a fraction of the substance this book holds. A bunch of them will become big sellers too, even though they don’t hold a candle – in terms of content or readability – to this one.There are many reasons for this paradox, including this: too many people want simple, easy, quick, and formulaic answers to the problems they face, and those books deliver what the customer wants:  information that is simple, easy, quick, and formulaic. But those readers will eventually discover that formulaic answers don’t serve. They don’t match the complexities and unpredictabilities of the real world like this book does. That’s why I know you’re in for something better with this book.Brian McLaren, author & speaker
Paradoxy…opened my eyes to the beauty of mystery and taught me how much I needed it in my faith. It challenged me to expand my definition of community and to continually seek people who didn’t look like me, love like me, vote like me or live like me. Their experiences of Jesus would help me to see a fuller picture of him… One of the few books to most impact my faith. Thank you!Liz Jones, teacher & Christ follower

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