Listening and Spiritual Conversation

This comprehensive and practical handbook from the author of the much-praised Spiritual Direction will help anyone in pastoral care master an essential skill: hearing and speaking from a spiritual perspective.

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This essential new companion from the author of the much-praised Spiritual Direction will help anyone in pastoral care master an essential skill: hearing and speaking from a spiritual perspective. A comprehensive and practical handbook, it includes:

Part 1: Missional Listening
•Holy listening – to God, ourselves, and our communities
•Sharpening our awareness of God at work in our own lives
•Deepening our trust in the Holy Spirit
•Theological reflection – the weaving of scripture, tradition, culture and experience
•Building relationships that empower

Part 2: Spiritual Conversation
•Respectful engagement
•Spiritual needs and a Christian response
•Sharing our own stories and those of Jesus
•Costly loving