Listening

The Listening Heart: Hearing God in Prayer

By Judy Gordon Morrow Listen to My heart in the quiet of your heart . . . More. Life is full to overflowing, but we crave an illusive more. Via social networking, airwaves, and TV, our culture tells us to strive for more stuff, more activities, more adventure – you name it. Yet we are often left feeling unfulfilled and wanting. Empty, even. With so many demands for our attention, it is difficult to quiet our minds long enough to hear...

Hearing God In A Noisy World: Prayer as Listening

By Timothy L. Owings In a world rapidly moving toward secularity, where violence and tragedy have seemed to join forces with loneliness and relational abandonment, does God still hear and answer prayer? Hearing God in a Noisy World answers with a resounding, “Yes!” Owings explains how to tune our hearts to hear God speaking in the dynamic interrelationship between creation, scripture, the people of faith, and the...

How To Listen When God Is Speaking: A Guide for Modern-Day Catholics

By Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ How do we listen to God speak to our hearts, minds, and wills — especially above the noise and stress of the modern world? What is the process of discerning God’s will? Best-selling author and popular EWTN host Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ, tackles these and other questions in this comprehensive book on discernment. He says that first we need to believe in God and his moral laws and make a commitment to please him in...

Listen: Praying in a Noisy World

By Rueben P. Job   We live in a world of noise. Everywhere we go, we hear sounds that compete for our minds and hearts. Listening to God requires a deliberate choice to shut out the chaos around us and focus our thoughts. Listen, by Rueben P. Job, is a 40-day experience created to offer help to those new to prayer, those with a daily prayer routine, and those whose lives seem too busy to pray. With a focus on listening prayer and...

Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community

By Suzanne G. Farnham, Joseph P. Gill, R. Taylor McLean, & Susan M. Ward   Do you ever feel as though your life has become a broken record? You’re hearing the same song play over and over again? Nearly every human being on earth has likely spent some time on the carousel of pain. Whether you’re dealing with the guilt and regret of your own sinful choices, or you’re sitting in the shame of someone else’s...

Listening to God: Experience His Presence Every Day

By Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz   Life makes more sense when we understand the Bible better. And that’s what Listening to God, the newest book from Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz, is all about. If God Himself were teaching you about the Bible, Christian living, the world, and the church, what would He say? Or how would He explain Himself, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Spirit? Every day for an entire year, Listening to God presents a brief,...

Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality

By J. Phillip Newell   An overview of Celtic spirituality and its implications for us today. Listening for the Heartbeat of God presents a spirituality for today, modeled on the vital characteristics of Celtic spirituality through the centuries. Here is an emphasis on the essential goodness of creation and humanity made in the image of God. This book traces the lines of Celtic spirituality from the British church in the fourth century...

Listening at Prayer

By Benedict J. Groeschel A masterfully simple and useful book on prayer written by an experienced retreat leader, counselor, and lecturer. Discusses how listening can be the key to encountering God in a fresh way in our lives. (Publisher’s description) Available at Christian...

Listening to God in Difficult Times: Jeremiah

By Kay Arthur & Pete De Lacy   In Kay Arthur’s newest study, readers will mine gems of truth from the book of Jeremiah using the hands-on process of observation, interpretation, and application to dig through the text. Jeremiah’s warnings to a nation that has turned its back on the Lord echo through the ages and speak to cultures today. As readers see the prophet’s heartbreak at the nation’s apostasy, his sense of urgency, and the...

Is That Really You, God? Hearing the Voice of God

By Loren Cunningham   An Adventure in Hearing and Obeying the Voice of God This practical guide to hearing God’s voice shows how an ordinary man who was committed to hearing God and obeying Him became the founder of the largest interdenominational missions organization in the world. Loren Cunningham’s dream began with a vision – waves of young people moving out across the continents announcing the Good News of Jesus Christ...

Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction

By Margaret Guenther Guenther uses the images of the spiritual director as host, teacher, and midwife to describe the ministry of spiritual direction today. She pays particular attention to spiritual direction for women, and addresses such down-to-earth questions as setting, time, and privacy. The stories of real people bring the practice of spiritual direction alive. In the pages that follow, I will attempt to describe the shape that...

Listening and Caring Skills

By John Savage The secret to leadership and transformation of a group–or of another person–is the quality of the relationship one person has with another. The effective group leader or counselor will be the person who learns how to listen to other people. By studying and employing listening skills, church leaders will engage others more compassionately, allowing them to feel that their needs are being met. These skills can...

The Good Listener

By James E. Sullivan   The power of everyday interactions, says James Sullivan, is much greater than we suspect. We have the power to offer profound healing, comfort, and affirmation, or to create deep wounds. And all of this depends on one crucial skill: listening. In the pages of The Good Listener, readers will come to see the far-reaching effects that their listening has on others, and will be grateful for the practical guidelines...

The Art of Christian Listening

By Thomas Hart A book grounded in the Bible, contemporary spiritual theology and the insights of modern psychology, written as a guide for anyone who is required to assist others in human growth. Christians often find themselves in the role of listening to the stories of others, helping them to grow in relationship to the Lord and others. The Art of Christian Listening helps “listeners” understand the objectives and limits...