by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. On the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Ken writes a challenging article on the danger of waiting to seek reconciliation with a loved one.

by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. Ken shares some timely insights in this article on how best to address the issue of sexual abuse in the church.

by Annette Friesen. In this article, Annette discusses the misguided expectations that often accompany the holidays, and then introduces three helpful responses to conflict.

by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. This article gives a helpful introduction on how to raise our own children to be peacemakers.

by Ted Kober. A summary of the basic principles of biblical peacemaking, complete with real-life stories.

by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. Do you think that your marriage is beyond hope? In this article, Ken Sande reminds us in this article of the power of God to raise dead marriages to life.

by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. Drawn from a chapter Ken Sande wrote for the book Pastoral Leadership for Manhood and Womanhood, this article encourages pastors and layleaders to rescue their people from divorce by exercising loving, restorative church discipline.

by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. How is it that children learn to get along with each other? The same way as adults—by learning to be a peacemaker!

by Annette Friesen. Excited about the idea of helping to prepare homeschoolers in your family or region to respond well to conflict? Annette Freisen gives some solid ideas here for leaders regarding what to do next.

by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. This article discusses the appropriate role for "professionals" in the area of peacemaking and Christian conciliation.

by MaryAnne Moran. This article addresses how God uses the "heat" of family conflict to mold the very character of his children.

by Corlette Sande, Author of The Young Peacemaker. From the perspective of a school teacher and mother, Corlette Sande unpacks the concept of forgiveness and how necessary it is to help our children be true peacemakers.

by Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries. This article discusses five myths that people in the midst of divorce are often fooled into believing.

When one woman remembered that she was accountable to God, it changed her perspective on her husband and her marriage. Through faithful obedience, she experienced a whole new level of intimacy with God and with her husband. We love to receive letters like this one!

Church discipline often has a negative connotation—harsh, retaliatory, or dictatorial. But church discipline, when its purpose is loving restoration, is a great benefit to the church and its "lost sheep," as evidenced by this True Story of a reconciled marriage.

The tearful reunion of father and daughter demonstrates the power of forgiveness and the joy of reconciliation.

by Jack B. Mills. Jack tells the story of how an amazing chain of people worked to bring his broken family back together.

Our closest relationships are often the most emotionally painful and challenging to reconcile. But with the help of the concepts in The Peacemaker, a woman is compelled to seek reconciliation with her mother after years of heartache, and writes about her experience in this letter.

The death of a parent and subsequent resolution of the estate can bring to the surface many painful family conflicts. But a caring church can help bring healing and reconciliation to these families, as it does in this story.

Conflicts can easily erupt within families when deciding how to best care for elderly parents. Sometimes a conflict can simmer for years and just needs this sort of an opportunity to surface. This testimony from a Christian conciliator describes how one family, after some pretty rough times, eventually resolved their conflict in a way that honored the Lord.