Don't Preach

if we have jokes parables stories and after ism as our tools in our toolkit and then expository exposition meaning actually describing ideas is another category so in one category we have not actually saying what we're trying to say in order to say it better than actually saying it which is jokes parables stories aphorism and then the other categories saying it on the nose the exposition Park you tell me what's what's a healthy ratio my personal experience as both one who listens to speeches and one who gives them about ninety-five percent are my jokes stories aphorisms parables and about 5 percent 5 percent expository remember just the fact that i have this piece of wood up here is already alienating this podium up here the word lecture itself is intimidating how do we use the word and even more intimidating word preaching preaching don't preach to me it implies a vertical relationship right it implies this gap hooking down to me lecture to a lectures you're lecturing to me you know there was this guy who's coming back from the pub at 3 in the morning police officer stopping today buddy where do you think you're going right now he says I'm on my way to the lecture officer says I don't know of any lectures going out of three in the morning drunk fella says believe me follow me home I'm gonna open the door when my wife answers it lecturing preaching that's all talking down that's alienating that emphasizes the discrepancy the power discrepancy between the speaker and the listener I don't want that I don't want that I want to emphasize our common ground so here's here's the book we want to convey something that is bigger than all of us something that's otherworldly something that's beyond that's the ultimate in communication that's the spiritual power the higher power that's behind every message and in order to do that we have to be very humble we have to be willing to keep it small jokes stories parables keep it human keep it real keep it relevant and then something magical happens although like I said I'm not up here to do magic I already show you how all the tricks work so I wouldn't call it magic if it's not too corny I would call it a miracle and that is there's a connection of to inner worlds something that I've seen suddenly become something that you can see [Music]