My wife and I were having a conversation recently. In it I was musing on how sad it is that no single person will ever know all there is to know about another individual. She concurred that it would be impossible for that to happen, but not in the sense that it’s necessarily a bad […]
Read More Not Just One: Need for RotationIt did not have to be blown out of all proportion. People did not need to get hurt. All it needed was … It was not the phone call or a text message. That would allow distance, that would keep them at arm’s length and further. Words would be exchanged, but they would not have […]
Read More A Simple Conversation: 1 – The BreakdownSpeculation. Gossip. Rumour. He said he would do this. She said he would do that. He said that he heard that she would be doing this. She said that she saw them going to get this. He got a tip from his friend that they were seen doing that. She got a text from her […]
Read More The Vapour of Pointless SpeechWho are you talking to? Helping out people who are doing their English exams, one of the questions will ask them to compose a piece of writing, maybe a letter or an article. One of the key questions they answer to assist them in excelling is that question: Who are you talking to? The audience […]
Read More Praying In the Secret Life Of SaintsPraying on my own has a lot of pleasant aspects to it. I do love it. What I have grown to enjoy all the more this year, however, is the real joy to be found in praying with others. I love what others bring to prayer, how they pray and the insights they share in […]
Read More Grateful for PrayerPraise can be a platform. A couple of years ago, I spoke with a very good friend of mine about life in Christ. He shared about how he had arranged some forums in which people could gather together and be supported. The types of gathering, he stated, was about being platform. The stage on which […]
Read More About the Platform of PraiseThere was this prayer meeting I took part in and one of the thoughts that emerged from it was how important it was to use our words to build others. We were reminded of what Paul said to the church in Ephesus about communication. The verse has been used by some to condemn swearing. I […]
Read More Words to Build2016 has been another year of my growing appreciation for WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, WordPress and other means of electronic communication. They have been means by which I have been a recipient of the word and been a conveyor of the word. The word has come in greatly through those means. It has been a reminder […]
Read More December Thanks #28: CommunicationMaybe some of us get hung up on perfection and in so doing miss great beauty in that which is not perfect. That is a shame. Few things in life are as beautiful as seeing people move in rhythm. Few things in life are as stunning as hearing people connect in harmony. It’s not always […]
Read More The Team: In Harmony and RhythmYou are talking and I am listening. I am talking and you are listening. You repeat what I said to you. I repeat what you said to me. We agree that’s what has been said. Then off we do something completely different to what the conversation was about. Crunch time hits and questions fly around […]
Read More The Team: Founded On Essential Communication
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