This photo was taken two weeks ago when New Hope Bible Church’s worship bands recorded some original music written by church members. My family thanks God regularly for leading us to this outstanding church and I thank God for blessing me by allowing me to sing and play with these great musicians.
What a great God we serve!
like to interrupt. That’s not a good thing. I think the essence of the problem is that I always think that I’m right. Perhaps I interrupt because I simply assume my rightness. Or, at a more sinister level, perhaps I interrupt because I’m afraid that in listening to someone else I will have to give up my firmly held beliefs and engage my brain on a new journey of discovery. I’m not sure which of those two reasons is true but probably both of them are in play at different levels throughout the day.
Not a good thing.
My friend, Diane, pointed me toward Ted Talks—a wonderful collection of short lectures and presentations given by some of the world’s leading thinkers in myriad disciplines. I subscribe to the Ted Talks podcast and have greatly enjoyed these talks over the year or so since Diane introduced me to them.
The current Ted Talks presentation is on listening—something I need to get much better at. Here it is:
