Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Here's a link to an article on 9 Steps to Better Communication Today.

One of the goals during our interim is to become better at communicating. Some of the tips in this article:
  1. Stop and listen
  2. Force yourself to hear
  3. Be open and honest...
  4. Pay attention to nonverbal signals
  5. Stay focused in the here and now
  6. Try to minimize emotion - when talking about big decisions
  7. Be ready to cede an argument
  8. Humor and playfulness usually help
  9. Communicating is more than just talking.
So if we all consistently applied these principles, I wonder what our overall church's communications would be like?

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Becoming More Missional

This article shows how becoming more missional is easily possible for each of us AND reminds us that becoming more missional is not just adding one more thing to our "to do" list - rather it is about integrating being missional into the life we currently are living.

Check out 8 Ways to Easily Be Missional by Jonathan Dodson.