Thank you all for chiming in and joining the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and below! As promised I have my response today, taken right from the parenting and relational gurus themselves Mac and Julie Richard of Lake Hills Church in Austin, Texas. I heard this at a parenting seminar they led last year, and it covers the gamut of outright and “creative” lying — verbal, nonverbal, gestural or via Jedi mind tricks (my fave!).
Paraphrased they said: “If you allow a person to walk away believing something other than the truth – you are lying.” BOOM!! I’ve held onto that truth ever since. Thanks Mac and Julie!
Joycy Ann Unplugged 