"Yet I had to own that he cut a fine figure there by the river. Nor did any have a luckier tongue for holy things." (F.Buechner "Listening to Your Life" p. 74)
I've been privileged in my life to have known some folks who could make hard to understand subjects, actually understandable. Perhaps it was their manner of speech. The way they didn't get stuck in jargon, but spoke in "layman's terms" all the time. You didn't feel like they dumbed it down for your benefit, it just felt like that was the only way to describe the subject matter. And there certainly was no hint of condescension in their voice.
That is the key I suppose to being a good communicator. Do most people get what you're talking about? Is the point rarely lost? Are even the driest of topics made beautiful to the ears somehow? Are holy things approachable?
Blessings,
Ed
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