Connecting Like Jesus
Subtitle: Practices for Healing, Teaching, and Preaching
Contributors: Darling, Mary Albert
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780470730683
Subjects: Religion
Description: A hands-on resource for all Christians who want to communicate with more passion and power. Tony Campolo and Mary Albert Darling have teamed up to explore the dynamic connection that occurs when spirituality/spiritual practices are combined with effective communication practices. Churches and other religious organizations depend on the ability of their leaders and members to communicate (speak, teach, and preach) within their congregations and beyond. This important, practical guide will reveal Campolo's preaching secrets and Darling's wise counsel as a professor of communication.: Includes in.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Connecting Like Jesus: Practices for Healing, Teaching, and Preaching; Contents; Acknowledgments; An Introduction to Spiritually Charged Communication; Part One: Connecting Like Jesus; Chapter 1: Spiritually Charged Communication: Relational Practices for Connecting Like Jesus; Chapter 2: Soul Healing: Connecting Like Jesus Through Care of the Soul; Part Two: Practices for Soul Healing; Chapter 3: It Is About You: Knowing Yourself as the Starting Point for Soul Healing; Chapter 4: From Fear to Freedom: Overcoming What Keeps Us from Others.; title: Chapter 5: Sacred Listening: Hearing with the Ears of GodChapter 6: Connecting Through Questions: Why Asking Is Better Than Telling; Chapter 7: Conflict: An Opportunity to Connect; Chapter 8: Redeeming Conflict: Prayers and Other Practices for Oneness; Chapter 9: When Stories Tell the Story: The Power to Shape a Narrative; Part Three: Practices for Teaching and Preaching; Chapter 10: Preparing the Soil: Laying the Groundwork for Spiritually Dynamic Speaking; Chapt.