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Tuesday, May 09, 2006Random ThoughtsA couple of things to make you laugh and one to make you think!! First of all here is the link to the "German Coast Guard" advert that I showed on Sunday. Just thought you might like to watch it again. For me it just gets funnier!! Secondly, Adrian showed me this extruciatingly funny recording of a voice mail message left for a church pastor. Honestly I chuckled. My favourite line: "I have written a book of 1400 things that God has told me" [you probably need to listen to it...]. Also whoever set it to music was inspired. And finally... Choose your words I found this interesting, a little article at LICC about the use of words. It does seem to me that words can become cheap and meaningless, spoilt by overuse. I often try to use other words, other language to express truths. But then I sound obtuse!! I am sure partly because of my lack of skills as a 'wordsmith'. But people want and need to hear the familiar words it seems, they make them feel safe and secure. We m8st remember that words are not a thing, they are merely windows to help us make sense of the world, they are suitcases stuffed full of meaning. But when the suitcase is empty we better stop using the word [that's what I tell my 8 year old anyway]. And when one person's suitcase is full of stuff quite different from your stuff you have a communication problem ... And that, it seems to me is why learning in community is essential, as it allows you to form meaning together. And also why it is such a problem, because you end up with your own little language... Now what was I saying? Oh yeah the article. A couple of quotes: When I interviewed Eugene Peterson for Church Times recently, the author of The Message had a few choice words for Christians who speak jargon without thinking. "A cliche is as bad as a blasphemy," he observed. That's a serious allegation, which, if true, means that all of us probably need to wash our mouths out with soapy water on a regular basis. He picks out such well-worn phrases as 'Jesus saves', 'born-again', 'God is love' and 'All things work together...' as 'pious conventions' which, once they've lost their freshness, lead to us taking the name of God in vain.Posted by: Mark | 11:50 am |
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