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Huge Announcement on Tomorrow's Show!

Sometimes things happen in your life, things you didn't expect.  Sometimes someone will tell you something, you didn't want to hear, things that will change your life. We don't usually embrace change very well, us human beings.  We often like things to stay the way they are.  We feel comfortable that way even if things aren't the way we wanted.  We Christians long to follow God, but when we hear Him communicate with us, we often resist change even if we know it's God's will for our lives.  Even if we know God will use it for His glory. Have you ever felt that way?  Have you ever had someone tell you something that you didn't want to accept because...

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Rights of vs Consequences of Free Speech: Open Discussion on Grace Talk Soup this Morning!

Open Discussion Show today on Grace Talk Soup! Americans know they have the right to free speech, but what many don't understand is that there are consequences that come with those rights. You may have the right to disagree with someone, but do you have the right to yell at him? You may have the right to state your beliefs, but don't others have the right to be offended by what you say? Let's discuss this fine line between what we have the right to say and the natural consequences of that right. What say you?  Come share!  8am PST/11am EST How to join the live show via your computer: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/19736 How to join the live show via your phone:...

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Hilarious Bing.com Commercial

Though it is logical and mathematical, search engines don't have human intuition or insight.  How often have you searched for something like "Whale Songs" and come up with 200 versions of New York, New York? Well, there's a new search engine in town and its name is Bing.com that has the most hysterically funny commercials illustrating the frustrating communication with the technology involved when using the world wide web for information. Today's Grace Talk Soup is about communication technology and whether it has hurt or helped our communication skills.  Tune in live http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/19736 8am PST /11am EST each Thursday morning or..scroll down to our Past Episodes and listen to the audio recordings at your convenience!

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Humor: A Powerful Communication Tool

Humor: A Powerful Communication Tool? By JoJo Tabares In the olde days of kings who ruled with absolute power, only the court jester could safely tell the King the truth, mediated through humor.  Anyone else who attempted to tell the Emperor he had no clothes was in danger of losing his head! Humor is a valuable and effective tool for communicating just about anything because humor breaks down barriers.  Carefully disguised as fun, humor can smuggle new ideas into people's hearts. Humor has been shown to be an essential component of learning for young and old alike!  In order to teach, you must have your audience’s attention.  If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear...

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Grace Talk Soup is our weekly podcast where my co host and I share tips and techniques for more effective communication in various situations life brings us.  Carla and I a serving up God's Word with side order of Grace and Humor each Thursday morning at 8am PST/11am EST.  Our live show has some great fun as the audience participates in much of the show!  Grace Talk Soup also receives HUNDREDS of downloads of our past archived shows a month! Just in the last few months we have talked about subjects such as Defending the Faith, 21 Days to More Godly Communication, Cultural Differences in Communication and How to Talk to Someone Who is Grieving!  And the feedback has been...

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