Tag: communication
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Name It
The average adult knows 20,000 words. But the one you learn today? What if that’s exactly the one someone in your life is waiting for?
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The Teeter-Totter
Most days we find our rhythm. But the other day? Both of us were down. At the same time. The key is balance.
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Told It Gently
A budget meeting goes sideways. Words land like scalding coffee. Ten years later, everyone still remembers the room. What’s in the cave your words come from?
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Communication = Love
“Ugh! My freaking bank, Marcus! Sheesh. Why can’t they get things fixed?” “What is it now?” Marcus asked, glancing over the top of his laptop screen. Marcus was a screenwriter for Netflix, trying to develop a script for a pilot television show. The cursor was angrily blinking at him, not that it mattered much. He…
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Where Were You?
Tuesday morning, June 4, 2014. It’s burned in my memory because I got a call at 8:17 A.M. interrupting a brief meeting with the senior pastor. Our discussion included the need to improve outreach, which started with building healthy relationships in our congregation. The voice on the other end of the phone sounded strange. Distraught.…