Episode
59: Adam’s Rib
Hawkeye: I
didn’t hear you say that. Because it
isn’t possible. It’s inhuman to serve
the same food day after day. The Geneva
Convention prohibits the killing of our taste buds. I simply cannot eat the same food every
day. Fish, liver, day after day. I’ve eaten a river of liver and an ocean of
fish. I’ve eaten so much fish I’m ready
to grow gills. I’ve eaten so much liver
I can only make love if I’m covered in bacon and onions. Are we going to stand for this?! Are we going to let them do this to us?! No, I say, NO!! We’re not going to eat this drab
anymore! We want something else!
Hawkeye is enraged by being served the same food week
after week and demands for something different.
His desire for a change inspires him to place a takeout order for
spareribs from Chicago all the way to Korea.
As a preacher, week after week
I have the responsibility to prepare and deliver messages that will inspire and
inform a diverse group of people how to integrate biblical truth with everyday
life. In order to keep my congregation interested
my content must be relevant and my delivery engaging, otherwise they will zone
out or look elsewhere. Whether you are a
teacher or preacher, coach or mentor, facilitator or consultant, the creative
tension between content and delivery is the space that must be managed by all
effective communicators. In my
experience, great messages can be equally compromised if the speaker is all
charisma with little content or has great content without any passion. In an age of sensory overload our audience won’t
tolerate being anaesthetized by either. So be well prepared, stay energized and keep
them engaged.
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