As an employee of a Christian Reformed Church I certainly resent your comment that information in bulletins is presented "without too much thought into why it's there or how it's presented". I doubt there is a bulletin secretary in the CRC who does his/her work with that attitude. You owe all of them an apology!
How can you possibly think that it is OK to begin a discussion by vilifying someone else’ work? That would be like someone saying: “The blog topics on this CRC website are shallow, poorly conceived and impossible to navigate so let’s talk about how to create a good blog.” Where’s the grace in that?
Jerod, my goal here is then, to help you with the way you communicate. I have absolutely no issue with the suggestion that bulletins can and need to be improved. However, the way you worded your introduction to the topic made it personal. When you say, “not much thought goes into . . .” you are describing what you assume to be the attitude of the people who do that work. That’s personal. If I said, “Jarod, obviously you did not put much thought into the wording of your blog.” that would be a personal description of your attitude, i.e. a personal affront, an insult. If I said, “Jared, your blog is a good idea but some of the words could be taken as a personal affront.” that would NOT be a description of your attitude, it would NOT be about you personally and so, NOT an insult. It would be a graceful way to begin talking about something that could be improved. Does that make it more clear for you?
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As an employee of a Christian Reformed Church I certainly resent your comment that information in bulletins is presented "without too much thought into why it's there or how it's presented". I doubt there is a bulletin secretary in the CRC who does his/her work with that attitude. You owe all of them an apology!
Posted in: Ways To Improve Your Church Bulletin
How can you possibly think that it is OK to begin a discussion by vilifying someone else’ work? That would be like someone saying: “The blog topics on this CRC website are shallow, poorly conceived and impossible to navigate so let’s talk about how to create a good blog.” Where’s the grace in that?
Posted in: Ways To Improve Your Church Bulletin
Jerod, my goal here is then, to help you with the way you communicate. I have absolutely no issue with the suggestion that bulletins can and need to be improved. However, the way you worded your introduction to the topic made it personal. When you say, “not much thought goes into . . .” you are describing what you assume to be the attitude of the people who do that work. That’s personal. If I said, “Jarod, obviously you did not put much thought into the wording of your blog.” that would be a personal description of your attitude, i.e. a personal affront, an insult. If I said, “Jared, your blog is a good idea but some of the words could be taken as a personal affront.” that would NOT be a description of your attitude, it would NOT be about you personally and so, NOT an insult. It would be a graceful way to begin talking about something that could be improved. Does that make it more clear for you?