No team building was possi-ble. The connecting of human spirits that is guided by the Holy Spirit was ignored. Believing that one has the right answer is no reason to participate in behavior that is violent to an individual or to an entire group. Holding meetings and making phone calls behind the scenes, recre-ating history, and wielding personal power do, I believe, at times create violence that is active and aggressive, inappropriate and unloving. Brethren have come to believe, all too often, that challenging one another directly, an honest and above board activity, is too costly to relationships.
Brethren seem to believe that anger, in and of itself, is wrong when expressed.
Brethren seem to believe that calling one an-other to accountability is OK only if no ripples are created. Not challenging one another and not calling one another to accountability is the sin. The love that Christ demonstrated, spoke about, and asked us to extend to one an-other must be learned in new ways that destroy ALL violence between people. Using the group to destroy an individual's ideas, beliefs, integrity, behavior, spirit, and leadership IS, I believe, participating in an active form of violence. The weapon of violence is the tongue, the thought, and the written word.