Posts Tagged ‘communication’
What’s Your Story?
As we are living life at a slow enough pace and with a friendly enough perspective, we are doing just two things – asking people their names as we introduce ourselves… AND asking them their story. Everyone has a story. Everyone wants to tell their story. Why? No one is or has been willing to…
Read MoreFrom Message First To Serving First
In every major city in the world today, it is no longer possible to approach an emotionally healthy stranger and engage him/her in conversation about spiritual things. True, there are exceptions, but those are the desperate, depressed even suicidal people – or those special situations that God simply sets up in his unique way. It…
Read MoreSpeak With Passion
For those reading this blog who will speak/communicate this weekend, no matter how you do what you do, no matter what you focus upon, please speak from your heart – not your head alone. People who are present with the anticipation of walking away with a life change will not be “nourished” by information. Those…
Read MoreKindness in Weekend Messages
Monday It is exciting to go to Google on weekends to put in key phrases to see what phrases I can glean on from weekend messages. Contrary to what some might naturally think, I am stoked about others using the phrases I have coined and developed. It will hopefully better explain the expansion of the…
Read MoreThe Tragedy of Half Conversations
How many times have you had a conversation that unintentionally went sideways? The chances are that when one of those happens, you feel sorry that your real heart didn’t come across. You know you’ve had one of those when ideas come to you like, “If I’d only said ___, then I would have expressed myself…
Read MoreHow to Increase Your Reach
God has placed in your heart and mine a desire to reach out beyond ourselves. The problem is often that we don’t know how to begin to pull that off. Many times we have tried this or that “Program” in an attempt to touch those around us. I’m not talking about outreach necessarily, but connecting…
Read MoreEarning the Right to Be Heard
A few years ago in Conspiracy of Kindness, I made the statement, “We must earn the right to be heard.” I’ve heard that line a few times since then but I wonder if people understand what I meant. Here’s my take: We serve those around us diligently, persistently over the long haul with no expectation…
Read MoreIdeas or People – Which Are You Excited About?
“It’s an awesome thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.” I tasted a little bit of that in my near-death experience a few years ago. We will all taste of that awesomeness one day not too long from now. It’s wise to live in light of that reality. All of life boils…
Read MoreThe Accurate Side of Creativity
A few years ago I did an interview with the Wall Street Journal concerning originality in weekend messages. Several pastors were asked about their views pertaining to one-of-a-kind messages. Most of them said they thought it was okay to borrow insights from other’s messages. Rick Warren, who says, “If my bullet fits your gun, then…
Read MoreStrategy of Attacks
As we live a life of obedience we run into obstacles. Chalk it up to the universal principle of attack and counter-attack. As you sign up to do good and the will of God there will automatically come opposition. You are no longer moving in the direction of agreement with the culture that opposes God.…
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