Last week I wrote about how music impacts our way of life and thoughts. When it comes then to our lives and what we say to them, they too affect those around us. Continuing this metaphor, I want to express a few ways (songs) that we sing and how they impact the world around us….
Tag: listening
Listen Before You Think
Learning to listen requires intention. It is possible, when it is our turn to hear someone else, we have everything but the intention of listening. This small essay looks at listening in relation to dialog or interaction with another person. I’ll write a bit about listening to lectures and teachings another day. Intention. This means…
Seeing in Spite of Seeing
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | MoreThe forest for the trees type thingy… ok. I am particular about being specific. I am also verbose. Writing helps to manage and mature both issues. I have often prided myself on being myopic in certain disciplines, even dogmatic about important…
Pool Noodle Vortex
It’s amazing what kids can find with their eyes. Dogs too. My Rosa, an 8-month-old Dutch Shepherd Belgian Malinois (you argue with the logistics of the breeders as to which is right), sees things I didn’t even know were there. Even in the dark. Her most recent adoration is the deep blue pool noodle that…
Verbal Precision? | Ep 77
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS And then some! We should strive to be precise, clear and accurate in our words. Without which we can cause all sorts of frustration and division. Just this week I’ve made accurate statements in that they were all very true, but in their precision,…
The Sound of Silence | Ep 76
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Sprecfien ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden! Speach is silver, silence is golden! In our world it doesn’t pay to be quiet, after all, we must get noticed and feel important. Silence has good and bad uses, but for the most part, it is…
How My Mouth Makes Messes… | Ep 75
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS The weapons of words.. Keep it real – not! Speak too much or often. Speak too freely and openly. Speak about polarizing topics. Speak with complaining. Speak with dogma and assertion. We should speak for the purpose of building up, teaching, gently,…
Words Can Hurt Relationships | Ep 74
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Sticks and Stones and Words Can Harm You! Today we just posit a little on some of the things we find in scripture about our words. Tomorrow we will look at four or five ways how our words can be divisive and…
When Words are Weapons | Ep 73
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Don’t you talk about my mamma! We hear and see words all the time. There is little time to escape the ever-expanding world of language. Are we as Christians taking heed of what we say and communicate? We should. Rest well and…
Why the Bible and Why This Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS | More This podcast serves several purposes. It will encourage in the faith (hopefully) and gives some thoughts about matters related to the bible. Most of all, it will keep pressing you to hear the scripture, and read it. Our larger podcasts…