Listening and Spiritual Conversation

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