How do you communicate?

How do you communicate?

I took a course on communication a long time ago. Most of this course dealt with face-to-face communication. It dealt with tone of voice, facial expressions, body language, the experiences of the speaker and hearer, and even the choice of words.

Throw that course out! Today it is all about social media, texting and even blogs. We use emoticons, those smiley faces, to express emotions or parenthetical statements like note the sarcasm to convey our mood. If we have-to we may place a phone call but we would rather not.

I noticed that today’s newspaper had a QR code that took you to their website so you could read it online and not have hold this huge paper but flip pages on your super thin, super light iPad.

I believe that we have a God that speaks. Do you?

God primarily speaks to me through the Bible. He also uses sermons and Christian friends to get my attention and share a Biblical truth. There have been times in my life when God has spoken directly to me. There have been times in my life when God has spoken to someone else through me.

So how does God speak in this information age of iMacs, iPhones and iPads?

Well, low and behold, there’s an application for that! The Bible is available on many devices in many different translations and with much better search capabilities than we’ve ever had before. Other applications such as Bible dictionaries and concordances are available too.

And it is not just the Bible. Many pastors produce podcasts of their sermons that you can listen at a time that is convenient for your schedule. Many more sermons are available to us than ever before. And of course there is more junk out there as well. As a matter of fact, two of my Facebook friends post daily scripture readings.

While the methods of communications have drastically changed, God’s word is still available and more so if we would just avail ourselves of it.