Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals’ RSS Feed? Don’t miss a post! x Last week I shared about speaking up to praise and support and lift others up. This week, I'd like to share a bit on just the opposite: when to keep silent. Today I'm going to talk about when it's best to keep silent and on Wednesday, I'll talk about just how we can accomplish this. The Lord tells us that there is a time to speak up and a time to keep silent: "A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;" -Ecclesiastes 3:7 When are those times? * When you should be listening * When you...
Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals’ RSS Feed? Don’t miss a post! Before I start posting my 10 Quick Rules for Disagreeing in Grace, I want to start off Grace Month with an article I wrote a while back. Is Grace a Two Way Street? It talks about two news items where the speaker didn't speak in grace, but it also talks about how Christians should react according to God's Word and why that is most effective. Here is an excerpt from "Is Grace a Two Way Street?" "God gave each of us free will and there are times when folks will choose to be evil with their mouths. Sometimes they don’t mean it the way it sounded and sometimes...