Post Tagged with: "communication"

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  persistent, forceful, suffering prayer

  spiritual practice, the latest 2 comments

  The relationship between prayer and the mission of the church is essential, fundamental, and priority. Prayer essentially is a rejection of Satan’s strongholds, an affirmation, and a call to God to be directly involved in the world. Prayer is a rebellion against the world views of domination (Wells, 1979, 161). [...]
   
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  [god in the yard] sky: gratitude

  spiritual practice, the latest 6 comments

  When I was young I talked to the night sky.  I’d sit on a chaise lounge in the backyard or lie on the pool deck and stare at the stars—or what I could see of them from my suburban homestead. I did most of the talking and never let the [...]
   
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  i’m a gossip junkie

  connect, perspectives, the latest 39 comments

  The people from my town love to gossip. Secretly, so do I. With a population just over four hundred people, it’s small enough to know almost everyone and large enough to always have breaking news. “I heard your family bought that business… I sure hope you can manage it better [...]
   
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  smashing cell phones

  the latest, worldviews 7 comments

  Okay, so at church tonight my wife and I attend a couples group while my son  and some other boys go into their Royal Rangers meeting. During tonight’s meeting in our couples group we discussed how the differences between men and women can affect our communication. It was an interesting [...]
   
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  [dillon burroughs] on the value of listening in evangelism

  author interview, engaged in culture, the latest 11 comments

  What’s one of the most effective tools that should be in your evangelism toolkit? Many people often think that it’s about knowing the five (or other number) steps in a special method, or being able to make a convincing apologetic argument. But one of the most effective things that one can do when [...]