I am trusting and open. I tell everyone everything. My wife is the same way. We are talkers and deep communication draws us together. Indeed, communication is essential to all relationships. But social media does not play by the normal rules. On Facebook, I share more victories than defeats. Does my online presence create anContinue reading “When You Are Online: Don’t Cast Your Pearls Before Swine. Isaiah 39:4-6.”
Category Archives: Relationships/ Communiication
We Need Friends and Family. Proverbs 14:4.
When you have a houseful of children it is easy to daydream of a life alone. All the rooms are clean and Mom slips into a bubble bath whispering the old slogan, “Calgon, take me away!” People are tough. In Jean Paul Sartre’s play NO EXIT, the characters, now dead and condemned to hell, realizeContinue reading “We Need Friends and Family. Proverbs 14:4.”
Talk to God Honestly. The Psalms of Asaph.
God wants us to talk to him honestly, to speak the truth of our situation and our feelings to him. And in response, God speaks to us with honesty. As the old saying puts it, this is not religion but a RELATIONSHIP. Like any other relationship, your relationship with God grows through honest communication. DavidContinue reading “Talk to God Honestly. The Psalms of Asaph.”
Prophets and Parables: the Indirect Approach. 2 Samuel 14:1-13.
Following King David’s great sin, the prophet Nathan came to him with a story about a rich man with flocks of sheep who took from a poor family its lone, pet sheep and ate it. David was outraged and Nathan famously said to him: “Thou art the man” 2 Samuel 12:7. Why did Nathan createContinue reading “Prophets and Parables: the Indirect Approach. 2 Samuel 14:1-13.”
A VENN DIAGRAM. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23.
A Venn Diagram is two or more overlapping circles. One of the most memorable uses of a Venn Diagram involves communication. If my life is the circle on the right and yours is the circle on the left, the only experiences we will be able to talk about are those where our two circles overlap.Continue reading “A VENN DIAGRAM. 1 Corinthians 9:19-23.”
What Do You Seek in the Opposite Sex?
Most begin with looks. That’s natural, since you see a person long before you have a chance to meet. But there is so much more to relationships. I used to talk to high school classes about a friend of mine who was always on the heavy side, but girls were lined up to date him.Continue reading “What Do You Seek in the Opposite Sex?”
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