St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

While nastiness is clearly unproductive, the norm of niceness can tie churches up in knots. This is, of course, in the context of church life heavily reliant on the good will of volunteers and many in official but unpaid roles.

I have found that we at St. Barts have been fairly good at talking, handling conflict, and engaging each other. I do think that not everyone will be happy about the direction of the parish, but through conflict we can move forward productively.

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