How Can We Be Quick to Listen?
"Most often, we grow by listening, not by talking. Consider nine ways to become a better listener." - TGC
"Most often, we grow by listening, not by talking. Consider nine ways to become a better listener." - TGC
"We speed past the questions that would help us get to know another person’s story and instead immediately look to the places of greatest difference and disagreement." - Denison Forum
"Think about people who make you feel loved. What about them makes you feel this way? ... I can almost guarantee that they ask good questions and listen well." - TGC
"Nobody’s right all the time, and nobody’s wrong all the time, either. But in public discussions we act as though that simple principle isn’t true." - Olinger
"Even my commenting friends who are asserting diametrically opposed positions have something true and useful to say. It’s counterintuitive. They’re saying opposite things, and yet they’re both right, in at least some sense." - Olinger
"Quick judgments based on idioms are not good because we can associate someone’s idiom (words) with some prior judgment that we have (a negative one) when the other person intends no such thing! Here is a simple example...." - Wyatt Graham
"In the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus gives us an amazing lesson on listening. He doesn’t begin with sharing truth, but begins a conversation and listens to her. In doing so, he reveals her true reality." - Church Leaders
Conversation with author Tim Shorey "about the importance of open, honest, truthful communication, strategies to pursue peace with God and others, along with his book, Respect the Image: Reflecting Human Worth in How We Listen and Talk" - Servants of Grace