The other day I was talking to a friend outside of my house (yes, I have friends). My family had just returned from the park, so we were all still outside. My wife had the baby and was putting the stroller in the house, my middle child was climbing a tree (I think she was trying to make a couple … [Read more...]
Why Aren’t You Sharing with Me?
A common problem in communication is someone not sharing. From my experience, there are seven basic reasons why this happens. Punishment: Not sharing as punishment makes the person mean. I used to be bad for this as I thought not talking to show my anger was better than yelling, but it’s a … [Read more...]
Even God’s Not Worried about Words? (The Frivolity of Words Pt 3)
The last few lessons we’ve looked at how a wise person doesn’t give words very much power because there’s so much risk for misunderstandings between the speaker not finding the best words to share, the listener not hearing things properly, and our memories messing it up. When listening, it’s wise … [Read more...]
Going Further about Words (The Frivolity of Words Pt 2)
The best thing about words is they can lead to some funny moments. The other day my just-turned-four year old asked for some “raw toast.” That’s one way to ask for bread. Even funnier was my other daughter. A few months ago before my wife gave birth to our third, my oldest daughter very … [Read more...]
Words Mean Very Little (The Frivolity of Words Pt 1)
One of the most important things we can learn about communication is words mean very little. You know how we might hold onto words someone said to us from our childhood or something our spouse said when they were angry? Yeah, those are all things we should’ve thrown in the garbage a long time ago. … [Read more...]
The 5 Types of Communicators
Fun Fact: This is my 600th post Life was made to be simple: Work to eat and drink, eat and drink, connect with others, and rest – that’s basically it. Life is so simple there are only three primary colours, seven basic facial expressions, and even four types of chromosomes (metacentric, … [Read more...]
Is Depression a Sin? (Seven Deadly Sins Pt 6)
Last week I shared my belief that sin isn’t a checklist, which leads to pride and judgement; it’s more a way of life, and, therefore, doesn’t have to be something we’re scared of doing because, as I taught the week before that, sin is something that should lead us to praising God – a very different … [Read more...]
Your Sin/Weakness is a Gift (Seven Deadly Sins Pt 5)
Over the last few weeks we’ve been looking at the Seven Deadly Sins because they’re a nice way of condensing what’s considered sin into seven basic categories (yea for simple). The most interesting thing I learned from my limited research on the topic is how every sin is connected to how we’re not … [Read more...]
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