Quotes About Communication

We're finding [texting] 11 times more powerful than email [for communicating with kids].

I often look around in a church at the utterly expressionless faces singing "Alleluia! Alleluia!" and wonder why we don't let our faces know what our lips are saying.

In the grammar of the phallus -- the I, I, I -- [woman] can't utter female experience.

The experience of speaking from the heart and being taken seriously builds the psychic architecture that supports the capacity to bear life.

But his letters . . . I took them with me, let the "ounces" cry aloud. I tried to leave, and could not. They would not be left; it was not my fault. I will not be scolded.

The point is to be compassionately, not cruelly, honest. Tell the person what you have heard that worries you. Allow him to respond. You may be surprised at how much sense his answers make.

The person at the other end is answering questions from a person she has never met and about whom she knows nothing. Good manners from you will certainly elicit a more complete response than a threatening or superior attitude.

When the only form of cultural commentary Christians offer is moral condemnation, no wonder we come across to non-believers as angry and scolding.

Art is a visual language, and Christians have a responsibility to learn that language.

What kind of ministry is that, just talking to people?" Criticism directed at Francis Schaeffer's plan to open an obscure spot in the Swiss Alps to those who came with questions.

Stories and images can be powerful means for conveying ideas. Every time we read a book or watch a movie, we enter into an imaginative

liberals have no compelling truth, no 'good news,' to proclaim.

Learning critical thinking is important not only for speaking to people outside the church but also for educating people on the inside

In order to communicate the gospel in the West, we face a unique challenge: We need to learn how to liberate it from the private sphere and present it in its glorious fullness as the truth about all reality.

To get a message across to people, you must address their assumptions, questions, objections, hopes, fears, and aspirations.

You demonize...we call it the wrap-up smear, you smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise it and then you write it and say, See, it's reported in the press that this, this, and this... so they have that validation that the press reported the smear and then it's called a wrap-up-smear and the merchandise is the press' report on the smear we made. It's a tactic, and it's self-evident.

When working with your teenager to address his sensory issues, make it a partnership.

The English word know is a translation of the Hebrew yada, which means to know by experience.

Inrealized how valuable the art and practice of writing letters are, and how important it is to remind people of what a treasure letters--handwritten letters--can be. In our throwaway era of quick phone calls, faxes, and email, it's all to easy never to find the time to write letters. That's a great pity--for historians and the rest of us.

Thomas just nodded his head in agreement, and then suggested I write a letter to myself as a child and address those painful issues.

Grandpa pleaded with Grandma, "Stop it Opal! Stop it. Nancy was a wonderful child." Grandma ignored his pleas and said as she left the room, "I'm disgusted with you, and I suppose this is the end of our friendship.

When I tried to let Mom know how disturbed I was by Lou's mean and abusive behavior toward Brandon, she replied in exasperation, "Nancy, why do I always have trouble with you? Only you? Never the boys! You're sick and a troublemaker!

In childhood as well as adulthood, each time I shared my feelings with someone, the chosen confidant denied my perceptions

I didn't understand the experience of receiving empathy, or that I could even successfully seek empathy.