Talk, Talk, Talk!

I spotted this on the World magazine blog today -- see if you can spot the problem Great Bible Teachers need to avoid:

"The New York Times printed an article today marveling at how senators on the Judiciary Committee - primarily Democrats like Joe Biden and Edward Kennedy - turned yesterday's confirmation hearing for Samuel Alito on its head. Instead of probing Alito's jurisprudence, some Senators took the opportunity to simply talk and talk. Elisabeth Bumiller writes... Judge Alito, who had been sitting without expression through Mr. Biden's musings, interrupted the senator midword, got out three sentences, then settled in for nearly 26 minutes more of Mr. Biden, with the senator doing most of the talking. With less than a minute to spare, Mr. Biden concluded, thanked Judge Alito for "being responsive," then said to Mr. Specter that "I want to note that for maybe the first time in history, Biden is 40 seconds under his time."... "

Here's the key to teaching that changes lives: talk less, engage more.