Article September 11, 1995 ISSUE

When friends disagree

David L. Degler

In animated and forceful language a fellow church member told me I was doing my church assignment badly. I was surprised and hurt. Of course, this kind of incident can occur in any organization—a business, a school club, a civic group—as well as among friends and family.

I knew this individual was not maliciously trying to harm me in any way. She genuinely believed that I had done wrong, and she yearned to see me corrected and reformed. I also knew that I had meant no offense. I had not intended to do the wrong thing. I was honestly trying to do my best.

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