The Difference Course Participant Guide

The aim of the Difference Course is to explore what it means to follow Jesus in a complex and divided world. It enables participants to cross divides, navigate disagreement, practice forgiveness and pursue a just and flourishing life. In five sessions that draw deeply on Jesus' encounters in the Gospels and the wisdom of expert peacemakers, it shares three habits that that can transform everyday relationships, and build practices that have a deep and lasting impact on our actions, thoughts and character: Be Curious, Be Present and Reimagine. Difference and disagreement blights individual, family, communal, church, national and international life. This is a practical, easy-to-follow resource that offers help for all contexts, and has been especially effective in prisons. The course is supported and promoted by the Archbishop Of Canterbury's Reconciling Leaders' Network Home, which can be found online at rln.global. 'Reconciliation is not the ending of all difference, but the transformation of how we deal with difference.' - Archbishop Justin Welby