Category Archives: Communication
The Proverbs are a great place to start for learning about friendship. They provide a rich portrait of biblical friendship. Over the balance of the book, four distinct qualities of biblical friendship come to the forefront: constancy, carefulness, candor, and counsel. Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but I sometimes really blow it when it comes to listening well. I am too up in my head about what I want to say in response to really hear the other person’s heart. In thirty … Continue reading
With the onslaught of technological ways to connect: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. it seems that people today are becoming less and less adept at being conversational with one another. As counselors, it is no surprise that a major component of … Continue reading
Five Minutes to Live If you only had five minutes to live, what would you want to say to the person that is closest to you? Would there be anything you would want to do for them before you died? … Continue reading
Katherine is a wonderful woman in our congregation who loves Jesus, stays at home with her kids, and is trying to be a faithful wife to her husband. A few weeks ago Katherine and I had a conversation. She shared … Continue reading
What goes through your mind when you hear a couple giving compliments to each other? Some people melt; others snicker; a few roll their eyes. But I want to contend that what is said during moments of marital affirmation has … Continue reading
One of the most common questions I receive from week to week is, “How do you write so much.” On July 3, 2008, I posted my first weblog article, not knowing if I would write another one. On July 4, … Continue reading
Tom and Audrey fight constantly. For Tom the arguments have seemed so ridiculous. He sees Audrey as being too emotional and irrational. Audrey, on the other hand, sees Tom as insensitive and dogmatic. They’ve tried to resolve their conflicts by … Continue reading
Yes, the MA after my name makes me a Ma, and a GrandMa, and in those two roles I?ve learned a lot about good communication, maybe more than in the courses to get my M.A. I hope I?m doing it … Continue reading
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