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Tips for helping to defuse conflicts in marriage amd relationships, and dealing with major differences healthily. I have tried some of them in the past and I can't say they all work for me, but it is a worthwhile and helpful list. Note also some of the comments that follow the post itself.
Dave Faulkner. Musings of an evangelical Methodist minister.
Big Circumstance 
Oh my well!!
My wife and I both have spent years learning these! (we had an “interesting” start to our marriage…) Most of them work for us, but the hard part (as someone mentioned in the comments, I think) is trying them BEFORE it gets too far……..
But we’ve always found that stepping apart for a short time to cool down is very helpful….and for myself, anytime I go off by myself and start telling God about this fight/argument/disagreement, I usually get the instruction to start with apologizing for my part, instead of focusing on the other’s “faults”.
Great post Dave, thanks!
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I can’t say they all work for us, but a good number are helpful. I can’t remember now where I found this post – it might have been someone posting it on Twitter – but I have seen The Happiness Project before and have now subscribed to the author’s Twitter feed.
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