Results tagged “Communication”

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"Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." Why is hearing celebrated in scripture while sight is held in suspicion? What advantages does the word have over the image to the life of faith? These are vital questions in an image-saturated culture that has great difficulty listening to liturgy and preaching, must less reflect on their significance. »more

When the wife says, “Honey, we need to talk,” the husband hears “that he is not meeting her expectations—he’s failing her—which sends him into the pain of his own inadequacy.” His lackluster response causes his wife to feel that he doesn’t care for her needs which plays on her fears of isolation and abandonment. »more

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The shema (Deut. 6:4-7) calls for an intentional, structured mindfulness to God?s presence in the normal duties of our lives. Without continual conscious attempts to remain aware of God in our daily lives, we will ignore or even forget God. For the sake of nurturing faith - our own and other's - we must not only "walk the talk" (practice what we preach) but "talk the walk." »more