Creative forms of communication can be entertaining, but they can also educate us, inform us, help us develop our powers of observation and sharpen our skills. This week's Friday Funny is a creative quiz designed to help sharpen our minds, think critically and develop active listening skills. However, if you have fun while spending time here at Communication FUNdamentals on Friday Funnies Day, so be it! Can you name these famous movies? ================================================================================ 1. ================================================================================ 2. ================================================================================ 3. ================================================================================ 4. ================================================================================ 5. ================================================================================ 6. ================================================================================ The more quickly you are able to make connections, the more easily you will be able to search your mind for examples to illustrate your point in conversation. Keep your mind agile and get used...
Euphemisms and political correctness have permeated our language leaving our communication bereft of all meaning! We are so concerned with not offending that we end up saying nothing of consequence and are beginning to sound like we are all speaking legalese! Often we expend so much energy, not to mention verbiage, in order to make the simple almost unintelligible: Once (but perhaps more times than I am aware of. For I am not counting myself among the gurus on the subject) upon a time, there lived three vertically-challenged, pink mammals with a reputation for gluttony. The first (though he was only first in order, not necessarily in preference) vertically-challenged, pink mammal with a reputation for gluttony made his warm seasonal...
In honor of Good Friday, I am posting one of my favorite songs, Via Dolorosa by Sandi Patty with scenes from The Passion of the Christ. The two in combination are so incredibly moving. This video communicates the sheer love of Jesus to go through this for us.
Have a blessed Resurrection SONday from your friends at Art of Eloquence.com
"If no one is accusing you of being too legalistic, then you probably aren't living a holy life. If no one is accusing you of being a 'bleeding heart', then you probably aren't loving enough. If no one is accusing you of being too dogmatic, then you probably aren't standing for the truth. If no one is accusing you... or criticizing you...you probably aren't doing anything significant." -- Israel Wayne This was posted on Facebook yesterday and it got me thinking, as many of the things Israel says often do. It was very timely for me as I thought back to some of the events of the past several years writing for Art of Eloquence, various Christian and homeschool magazines...
. I scour YouTube for funny videos and keep all kinds of funny "miss steaks" so I can share them all with you each Friday for Friday Funnies. Well, this week my son was reading a book and ran up to show me this line: "One week from the day before the day after the yesterday that comes three weeks before six months from six weeks from now minus 49 days plus five tomorrows and a next week." Just to have a little fun with language/communication...who can figure out this riddle...when would this be? Post your answers here as a comment. Show this to your smartie pants kidlings and see if they can figure it out. Another humor-filled Communication FUN...
