a woman comes to get water.

First published May 23, 2011 Jesus is traveling through Samaria. We’re too politically correct to understand the cultural divide.  But imagine Billy Graham backstage at a burlesque show. Carrie Nation on a Jack Daniels Factory tour.  God as the celebrity judge on “So you think you can swear like a sailor?” Jesus sits next to a […]

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Creating noise.

I keep saying to people around church, “we are creating our own noise.”  I realized that I need to take some time to explain what I mean. Imagine conversing with a friend in a quiet coffee shop. You’ve not seen each other for a long time. You’ve been looking forward to this conversation, this visit, […]

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Some short communication videos.

I’ve been developing some communication teaching resources, illustrating some of the things I’ve been saying about communication design for years. Some of you have heard me talk about these things. Now I’m trying to capture, explain, and illustrate them. These are particularly focused to church settings because I try to help people in our building […]

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Look at me, God.

“Let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant which I am praying before you now, day and night…” It is a interesting image that Nehemiah uses in the middle of the opening prayer of his memoir. Asking God to have his eyes open to hear a prayer makes […]

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a thousand years of prayer

If you are in the US, today is Memorial Day. You may be starting your day a little slower than usual. You may have time to do a little bit of reading. The other day I looked at the prayer Nehemiah describes in Nehemiah 1. I’ve read it before. This time, I decided to see […]

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