by David Phillips | Jul 7, 2011 | Change Theology, Communications
Preachers, we need to show, not tell. What this means is that it is crucial to address the senses. We need to spice up our language so that people can get a clear picture in their minds about what we are describing. Generalization is the death of sermons. Specific,...
by David Phillips | Jul 6, 2011 | Formation, Communications
I want to talk for a few posts about the storying process. In this post, let’s talk a moment about images and imagination. Here’s a trick. Let’s suppose I say, “Not everything that appears to be valuable is actually valuable.” If you...
by David Phillips | Jun 1, 2011 | Culture, Communications
I ran across the following video from a tweet. I have talked a good deal about semiotics here as well as the importance of images in communication. The beginning of this video notes this reality. This video also provides a frank and honest exploration about how...
by David Phillips | Apr 25, 2011 | Culture, Communications
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKl0tb3VmfQ Taryn Simon exhibits her startling take on photography — to reveal worlds and people we would never see otherwise. She shares two projects: one documents otherworldly locations typically kept secret from the public,...
