"The first service one owes to others in the community involves listening to them. Just as our love for God begins with listening to God’s Word, the beginning of love for other Christians is learning to listen to them. God’s love for us is shown by the fact that God not only gives us God’s... Continue Reading →
The title to this post should really be: 'Listening like a cow' or 'Cow like listening' or 'How to Listen as well as a Cow', or some such thing! I tried to get a cow pun in there (always better than a cow pat - tah dah!), but was thwarted because the quoted passage in... Continue Reading →
Books abound on preaching. Its art and craft, science and form. But there is a dearth on how to listen. Even if sermons have fallen for the old cliche, 'a monologue by a moron to mutes', it still begs the question: What of hearing? Yet Jesus said, "Consider carefully how you listen...." (Luke 8:18). The... Continue Reading →
I have just found my recently misplaced 1889 copy of The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, the 14th century Catholic mystic, and one of the world's most read books. It can be bought from any decent bookshop, but also downloaded as a PDF here, something I'm sure Thomas would have approved! In the... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 