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1. Early Linear Models Shannon and Weaver Model Berlo Model

2. Transactional Model of Communication Frames of Reference Feedback Speaker Decodes Listeners Encode Noise Noise Listeners Decode Speaker Encodes Frame of Reference Message Context

3. Human Communication Models Linear – “bowling” Interactive – “ping-pong” Transactional – “charades” COM1005 - Kowalik 3

5. Symbolic Stewardship The Meaning and Purpose of Human Communication Chapter 1

6. Jewish concentration camp survivor WWII Karl – SS German soldier ‘beg forgiveness” Wiesenthal silently leaves the room Both men struggled to communicate Simon Wiesenthal – (story p. 13)

7. Co-create cultures - ways of life Be stewards of creation – symbolic reality Co-create life - giving communities Become God-listening communicators God’s Gift of Communication enables us to…

8. Four Types of Relationships Collaborating with God Communicating with neighbors Having a dialogue with creation Communicating with ourselves 1. Co-create Culture

9. God is our primary co-creator in communication “If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God.” I Peter 4:11 Expand God’s original creation Mimic Creator Fashion culture in our image Good or bad? Reflect state of our souls 1. Co-create Culture

10. God spoke this world out of nothing (ex nihilo) We cannot create something out of nothing. Language depends on what has gone before. God's Chisel Ephesians 2:10 – “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” God the Creator

12. Values – what we believe Practices – what we do Artifacts – what we make Culture

13. Co-create culture How do you celebrate a birthday?

14. Dating Culture at NWC ? Values – what we believe Practices – what we do Artifacts – the physical things we make Co-create culture

15. Define reality under God Echo God’s reality, not our own Use symbols to define reality Scientists attempt to define the physical world. Laminin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4 Human capacity to say “yes” or “no” Define things around us Define our self-identity – others’ identities Meta-communication Communicate about communication 2. Be Stewards of Creation

17. The Power of the Cross Define Reality - symbol

19. God’s elect are destined to be sons of God All guilt is removed Wrath of God is taken way All sins are forgiven Perfect righteousness is imputed to us The love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit We are being conformed to the image of Christ Because of the Cross

20. OT – “shalom” - God’s peace and justice NT – “koiononia” – fellowship and participation NT – “agape” – selfless love of others and ourselves 3. Co-create Life-giving Communities: Taste Shalom

21. We taste shalom when we … Deliver a worthwhile speech Report the truth compassionately Listen empathically to a friend’s tale of woe Help recover someone’s ability to write after she suffered a stroke Other … Whenever we communicate faithfully and peacefully in accord with God, we taste heaven (shalom). Taste Shalom

22. The Creator - God The Redeemer – Jesus Christ The Comforter – Holy Spirit Shalom expressed in the Trinity

23. Listen obediently to God With a discerning ear An ear that listens for the reality of a situation Allows the listener to respond to the reality Listening to God who “still speaks” God’s Word is “like fire” Listen for God in the Shadowlands 4. Become God-Listening Communicators

25. Co-create culture Values, practices, artifacts Define reality Assign meaning to symbols Share the power Taste Shalom OT – “shalom” - God’s peace and justice NT – “koiononia” – fellowship and participation NT – “agape” – selfless love of others and ourselves Listen for God in the shadowlands Obedience Symbolic Stewardship