It matters that everyone is heard, but it also matters who you listen to. Take some time to assess your flock according to these four qualities.
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4 Ways to be Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak
When we’re quick to listen and slow to speak, relationships grow, trust develops, and ministry moves forward. Here are four ways to speed up your listening.
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Listening is Not Compromising
Shrill engagement, no matter how sincere, is useless. It is not helpful to scrub out another’s ears with a Brillo pad; that’s abuse, not clarity.
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Room to Listen: We Reach Others by Truly Hearing Them
When we talk with our neighbors, friends, or co-workers about life, politics, family, God, or matters of faith, listening works better than arguing.
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What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say
Resist the un-communicated expectation and pressure to know something about everything. You don’t. Nor should you.
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6 Considerations Regarding the Pastor as a Listener
As best as we are able, we are to really know people—their spiritual state, their struggles, their needs, and their temptations.
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