Comments on: The Child Whisperer http://doableevangelism.com/2008/03/10/the-child-whisperer/ What if evangelism meant just being yourself? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Helen http://doableevangelism.com/2008/03/10/the-child-whisperer/#comment-15080 Helen Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:30:58 +0000 http://doableevangelism.com/2008/03/10/the-child-whisperer/#comment-15080 Speaking for myself, I never write about anything unless I've perfected it already. Yeah right :-) April I love how you called this teacher the 'child whisperer'. What a great description of someone who lovingly guides children in just the way they need. My childrens' piano teacher is wonderful at being affirming and finding something good to say. She also has a way of getting children to stop misbehaving without ever raising her voice. Speaking for myself, I never write about anything unless I’ve perfected it already.

Yeah right :-)

April I love how you called this teacher the ‘child whisperer’. What a great description of someone who lovingly guides children in just the way they need.

My childrens’ piano teacher is wonderful at being affirming and finding something good to say. She also has a way of getting children to stop misbehaving without ever raising her voice.

]]> By: April Terry http://doableevangelism.com/2008/03/10/the-child-whisperer/#comment-14981 April Terry Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:29:46 +0000 http://doableevangelism.com/2008/03/10/the-child-whisperer/#comment-14981 I feel your pain, Randy! I am exactly the same way, but I sometimes get away with it by using a sense of humor as a shield. My husband was raised totally different from the way that I was raised, and he is a very polite person. I have had to learn politeness the hard way, but I am really grateful that my husband frequently corrects me. He has taught me a lot about kindness. I wouldn't take this post as any indication that I actually always do what I write about! That would just be crazy! I feel your pain, Randy! I am exactly the same way, but I sometimes get away with it by using a sense of humor as a shield. My husband was raised totally different from the way that I was raised, and he is a very polite person. I have had to learn politeness the hard way, but I am really grateful that my husband frequently corrects me. He has taught me a lot about kindness.

I wouldn’t take this post as any indication that I actually always do what I write about! That would just be crazy!

]]> By: Randy http://doableevangelism.com/2008/03/10/the-child-whisperer/#comment-14976 Randy Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:56:25 +0000 http://doableevangelism.com/2008/03/10/the-child-whisperer/#comment-14976 I think if I could listen to the whisper of God more, he wouldn't have to use the 2x4 to get my attention as much! I'm not a kind person, by nature. I'm abrupt, blunt, rude and narcissistic in my default mode. A gesture of respect or kindness from me is sometimes still seen as too blunt, harsh or insensitive by some (I lived five years in Texas and basically pissed off people for three years until I learned the cultural values and ethics of politeness). I am sometimes afraid I am nothing like Jesus in this regard, but I would admit to being a lot more like him today than I used to be. This is only to say that I am learning (or trying to learn) to give others the benefit of the doubt. I'm trying to believe the best about them, even when they're being less than what I think they should be. Off The Map is actually helping me with this, and these blogs are the training ground. Thanks for the reminder, April. Although I still celebrate my assholiness, I am really trying to be more kind and respectful, and to pay more attention to that whisper of God. I think if I could listen to the whisper of God more, he wouldn’t have to use the 2×4 to get my attention as much!

I’m not a kind person, by nature. I’m abrupt, blunt, rude and narcissistic in my default mode. A gesture of respect or kindness from me is sometimes still seen as too blunt, harsh or insensitive by some (I lived five years in Texas and basically pissed off people for three years until I learned the cultural values and ethics of politeness). I am sometimes afraid I am nothing like Jesus in this regard, but I would admit to being a lot more like him today than I used to be.

This is only to say that I am learning (or trying to learn) to give others the benefit of the doubt. I’m trying to believe the best about them, even when they’re being less than what I think they should be. Off The Map is actually helping me with this, and these blogs are the training ground.

Thanks for the reminder, April. Although I still celebrate my assholiness, I am really trying to be more kind and respectful, and to pay more attention to that whisper of God.

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