In my world as an Evangelical Christian, the distinctive verbiage is often called Christianese and, I know from firsthand experience, it can be a roadblock to understanding for people who don’t share that spiritual heritage.
I've noticed that smartphone users feel obliged to immediately check every email, every tweet, every Instagram message, even if, in doing so, they insult the person they're talking to.
One of Nouwen's problems as a writer, teacher, priest and confidante was that he spent a lot of time wondering how other people reacted to what he said/wrote/taught, and how he said/wrote/taught it.
University of Colorado’s Professor of Communications and Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion Brenda Allen will present “Communicating Difference Matters” on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m., in Weyerhaeuser Hall’s Robinson Teaching Theatre at Whitworth University.