Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals' RSS Feed? Don't miss a post! x All this month I'll be talking about the role of grace and godly communication in our daily lives from our marriages, kids, neighbors, family, friends and co-workers to how we handle the phone and social media. I'll be sharing tips from my article, "Ten Quick Rules for Disagreeing in Grace" and expanding on it to include more insights. I'll even share some from my upcoming new study, Say What You Mean: Avoiding, Reducing and Resolving Conflicts. After checking out my article, for a little fun you can visit FIMM (Foot in Mouth Man) for some of his misadventures in miscommunication. There will be a new episode this...
Are you a Secret Agent Facebook Friend? Okay...this is one of my communication pet peeves! A friend of a Facebook friend sends you a friend request. She doesn't add a personal message explaining who she is or why she wants to connect with you. When you go to her wall to find out more about her, you find she has blocked all the information that could possibly give you a clue. She could be an Ax Murderer or a Teddy Bear Salesman. You have absolutely no idea if you want to connect with her. Can you imagine this scenario in "real life?" You go to a friend's house to visit when her neighbor spots you through the window as she's...
Top 10 Reasons to Improve Your Communication Skills By JoJo Tabares 10.Your Education 9. Your Job 8. Your Relatives 7. Your Business 6. Your Employees 5. Your Witness 4. Your Friends 3. Your Children 2. Your Marriage 1. Your happiness Studies show that effective communicators do better in school, have deeper relationships, longer marriages, are more successful, make more money and are generally happier than their less articulate counterparts. The Lord felt communication skills so important for our lives that He mentions communication skills literally HUNDREDS of times in His Word. “Let your conversation always be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” -Colossians 4:6 “But sanctify the Lord God in your...
