Clarify to Avoid Conflict
Communication is complicated. Clarity is cloistered. Conflict is often the consequence. On her second anniversary, Marilyn Dowell’s...
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Cast a Vision, not a Complaint
A couple I know likes to play Guess the Restaurant. Perhaps you’ve played. You know how it goes. You’re going out to eat and he asks,...
When People are Crazy
“God is great. Beer is good. And people are crazy.” So sings Billy Currington. I have to disagree about the beer, but it’s true that God...
Let's Make you Easier to Talk With
With certain things, if you enjoy doing them, something is wrong. Among those would be telling bad news, euthanizing a pet, and saying...
Don't Kick a Genius
Criticism can be helpful. And, it’s OK for us to help others by pointing out ways they might improve. Jesus did, and he teaches us to....
Before You File the Complaint
“It’s wrong to criticize.” Who said that? I don’t know, but we seem to have adopted it as a national moral standard. Tolerance reigns...
When Someone Yells at You
Long ago, in one of my summer jobs during high school, I worked for a local construction company. One day, my foreman ordered me to drive...
The Worst Criticism?
How do you feel about the absence of criticism? Pretty good? Given a choice, that’s the way we’d like it - peace and quiet and nobody...
Don’t Let Them Land on You
Does anybody like gnats? In case you’re fortunate enough to live above the gnat line, let me try to explain gnats. Go to your kitchen and...
You Won't Believe what God Called Me!
God called me stupid! Really! He did it publicly, too – right out in front of, well, in front of himself and everybody. Talk about...
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