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Esther Cunningham

Professor Cooper
Comm 201
8 October, 2012
Log #10- Integration of Faith and Learning
It is practically impossible for anyone living in this imperfect world to ethically and clearly
communicate with each other. Yet as Christians, we should strive to do exactly that. One of the
two greatest commandments, according to Jesus, is to love your neighbor as yourself. One
way we can do that is by communicating clearly and ethically. In other words, when we
communicate with anyone, we should always been concerned with making them feel
comfortable, understood, and loved.
For Christians to communicate ethically, they must make sure that what they say follows the
principles given to us in the Bible. For example, they should not intentionally manipulate their
audience to feel a manufactured emotion, they should not tell lies to their audience, they should
not omit important details when talking to their audience. In short, they should speak to others
as they would like to be spoken to.
For Christians to communicate clearly, they must learn the basic principles of communication.
For example, they must attempt to pick up non-verbal clues, they must consider the cultural
background of their audience, they must listen more than they speak. They must be the
communicator they themselves would like to speak to.
According to Richard Emmanuel, college students are more and more often communicating
through texting and email rather than face to face. Deresiewicz also references the spike in
media usage in communication. He attributes it to an inability of the modern generation to be
alone. Solitude is important for Christians. It is a time for them to be alone with God, for them
to find their identity in God, to read and study the Word of God. When we are alone we can
discover things about ourselves that we cannot learn when we are with other people. We learn
about the core essence of our being. As communicators, it is best to know yourself and your
weaknesses and strengths so that you can be aware of them in a conversation and compensate for
them. Solitude allows us to be self-reflexive, it allows us to asses ourselves. One we have this
assessment, we can use the knowledge to communicate better. Communicating better helps us to
love our neighbors. So solitude helps us fulfill Christs command to love our neighbors.
Now we should not take this to the extreme and become isolationists. It is just as harmful to cut
everyone off as it is to allow everyone in at all times. When we isolate ourselves we remove
ourselves from community. And community is a good thing, a gift from God that we should take
advantage of. In order to make the most of community we must be effective communicators,
able to make friends. Christians are called to love their neighbors and one of the best ways to do
that is buy being effective, knowledgable, and ethical communicators.

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