Speaking Well

Talk less. Listen more. Put the screen away. Enter every conversation assuming you have something to learn from the other person.

With Vision Sunday setting before us the calling to speak, I’ve been mulling over how we speak well. As the above list shows, there is no shortage of conversational tips to be had – tips that I have personally found helpful since my own conversations have an ongoing need for improvement! But as I’ve reflected on how to keep growing, there’s a diagnostic question I’ve needed to return to time and time again that isn’t usually found on the how-to lists.

Amanda Naves19 November 2021friendship, Evangelism

John Newton and the lost art of letter writing.

Tell me anyone who doesn’t enjoy receiving a letter or a card from a friend? There is something joyful about a handwritten colourful envelope plopping onto the mat. But if it’s not your birthday or Christmas it may even take you by surprise. Yet, watch any period drama and you will see that this is where much of the action takes place; correspondence by letter fuels the plot!

Rachel Browning25 February 2021friendship