Jack’s Winning Words 7/15/19
“The most important thing in communication is to hear
what isn’t being said.”
(Peter Drucker) In college it was called, Speech; in seminary it became,
Homiletics. In both it meant, Learning how to communicate. Know your
audience, their expectations—Be confident—Be prepared—Modulate—Be
entertaining—Drucker’s advice is good, too. A judge once said, “I know
pornography when I see it.” I know a good speech/sermon when I hear
it. ;-) Jack
FRO HY YO SILVER: 90% of communication is non verbal ===JACK: High-Five for that!
FROM NOVA SCOTIA FISH: Fits with the book I am reading—Holy Envy. I expect to send you and others a note on it when I have finished it.===JACK: Perhaps envy is neither "holy" or "evil." It is what it is.===FISH: Barbara Brown Taylor subtitled this 2018 book "Finding God in the Faith of Others". She is an ordained Episcopal priest who now teaches comparative religion at Piedmont College. But the term apparently was originated by Krister Stendahl, who as you probably know was at Yale Divinity School.===JACK: I did meet Stendahl when we was on our campus.
FROM LS IN MI: Good morning. Thank you for your email. To this mornings winning words I add - I know “good” when I feel it. Simon Sinek’s teaching and wisdom inspired me to explore this theory he articulates about how we are motivated to act as human beings. Through his Ted Talk entitled Start With Why speaks to Why we do what we do. Then if you are interested, his Ted Talk - The Golden Circle goes further. As reading your Winning Words each morning , a passion is awakened inside me, guiding me to understand more about people and myself.===JACK: What is the measurement for good? Jesus was asked, "What is the greatest commandment?" His response was, "Love God...and love your neighbor as you love yourself." That's GOOD!===LS: And I do practice my love of God - and find God in each human being brought to me .....===JACK: Jesus then said, "Do this (LOVE), and you shall live!"
FROM HONEST JOHN: I taught speech at Augie....and coached debate there when I was going to sem. Also taught Homiletics at the Sem. After Karl Mattson died and Art Arnold became Interim Prez. I only taught the First Year students. Dr. Arnold wanted me to come back to LSTC and teach there....I loved Parish ministry and wasn’t thrilled with teaching speech...turned him down. I really liked him. Loved Holcomb at Augie....===JACK: Would you like to have done a "George Bailey" in It's a Wonderful Life to see what might have been (just for fun)? ...JS as a prof! ===JOHN: My original intention was to teach PolSci....was working on that at Harvard when I
Received the call to ministry....I think God did me a big favor....loved my life as a pastor.
FROM BLAZING OAKS: That's a good point to ponder...it takes more critical listening than we usually do! Anyone who has done counseling (most pastor's & wives!) knows this is as important as what the person is trying to say. A sympathetic ear is invaluable to all of us! It has forged many a strong friendship, in my experience.===JACK: Sometimes the spoken words can be used subconsciously as a distraction. I'm usually on the alert for an unspoken message.
FROM ST PAUL IN ST PAUL: a Rabbi once told me that if you haven't struck oil after 20 minutes, you should stop boring:):):) ===JACK: There's a town in Oregon named, Boring. I wonder if they have a Lutheran Church....Boring Lutheran Church?
FROM HAWKEYE GEORGE: Good note, jack.
FRO HY YO SILVER: 90% of communication is non verbal ===JACK: High-Five for that!
FROM NOVA SCOTIA FISH: Fits with the book I am reading—Holy Envy. I expect to send you and others a note on it when I have finished it.===JACK: Perhaps envy is neither "holy" or "evil." It is what it is.===FISH: Barbara Brown Taylor subtitled this 2018 book "Finding God in the Faith of Others". She is an ordained Episcopal priest who now teaches comparative religion at Piedmont College. But the term apparently was originated by Krister Stendahl, who as you probably know was at Yale Divinity School.===JACK: I did meet Stendahl when we was on our campus.
FROM LS IN MI: Good morning. Thank you for your email. To this mornings winning words I add - I know “good” when I feel it. Simon Sinek’s teaching and wisdom inspired me to explore this theory he articulates about how we are motivated to act as human beings. Through his Ted Talk entitled Start With Why speaks to Why we do what we do. Then if you are interested, his Ted Talk - The Golden Circle goes further. As reading your Winning Words each morning , a passion is awakened inside me, guiding me to understand more about people and myself.===JACK: What is the measurement for good? Jesus was asked, "What is the greatest commandment?" His response was, "Love God...and love your neighbor as you love yourself." That's GOOD!===LS: And I do practice my love of God - and find God in each human being brought to me .....===JACK: Jesus then said, "Do this (LOVE), and you shall live!"
FROM HONEST JOHN: I taught speech at Augie....and coached debate there when I was going to sem. Also taught Homiletics at the Sem. After Karl Mattson died and Art Arnold became Interim Prez. I only taught the First Year students. Dr. Arnold wanted me to come back to LSTC and teach there....I loved Parish ministry and wasn’t thrilled with teaching speech...turned him down. I really liked him. Loved Holcomb at Augie....===JACK: Would you like to have done a "George Bailey" in It's a Wonderful Life to see what might have been (just for fun)? ...JS as a prof! ===JOHN: My original intention was to teach PolSci....was working on that at Harvard when I
Received the call to ministry....I think God did me a big favor....loved my life as a pastor.
FROM BLAZING OAKS: That's a good point to ponder...it takes more critical listening than we usually do! Anyone who has done counseling (most pastor's & wives!) knows this is as important as what the person is trying to say. A sympathetic ear is invaluable to all of us! It has forged many a strong friendship, in my experience.===JACK: Sometimes the spoken words can be used subconsciously as a distraction. I'm usually on the alert for an unspoken message.
FROM ST PAUL IN ST PAUL: a Rabbi once told me that if you haven't struck oil after 20 minutes, you should stop boring:):):) ===JACK: There's a town in Oregon named, Boring. I wonder if they have a Lutheran Church....Boring Lutheran Church?
FROM HAWKEYE GEORGE: Good note, jack.
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