It’s a great time to learn church communication lessons in order to get your congregation and community listening again. For years, the church has been talking in a way so many ignore our important message. No longer does the church have to rely on people visiting a building, getting a church bulletin, or...
If you want to reach people not listening, it feels like an overwhelming, impossible task! There are a few reasons people don’t listen: the world is noisy so, as a defense mechanism, they can’t listen to everything. Instead they pick and choose what they want. they also tune out messaging that’s beyond...
After church today we started down the road. Normally we eat out each Sunday lunch. So I asked the "regular" question: "Where do you want to go?" I think you've been there. You really don't want anything in particular; no specific ethnicity of food. No one could make a decision. My wife mentioned, "We must...
Even this early in November. I'm starting to think about Christmas. I'm one of the "odd" people that over thinks gifts. I want to make sure that the gift matches the person and that they realize I understand them and have discovered an appropriate gift. In order to do this: I need to...
I'm a sucker for headlines. I pick up my daily newspaper and I'm drawn to good headlines. I'm flipping through TV channels and I hear "after this break, we'll...
