Communicating your Faith more Effectively
WHAT THE TELEPHONE COMPANY TAUGHT ME I actually came to know Jesus while working at Pacific Bell Telephone company back in the 90's. One of the things that I learned at Pacific Bell Telephone Company that is a very helpful tool for doing the work of an evangelist, is scripts. I stopped working at the phone company back in 2002, and I still remember the script they had me read from. Whenever I received an incoming phone call I would say, "Thank you for calling Pacific Bell. My name is Jason. How can I provide you with excellent customer service?" I can say it today with just as much oomph as I did way back when I worked there. Why? Because I memorized it, and it became a part of who I was, and now it is permanently inscribed on my heart. This idea of scripting is not some robotic reciting of certain words and phrases. It is a time-tested proven method for memorizing key words and phrases of any given subject, in order to help us become familiar with, a...