The worst I’ve ever feared from a police officer is a traffic ticket. And the roughly ten times I’ve been pulled over, I’ve never worried about things escalating to the point of being removed from […]
Tag: Listening
Hey God! Can you hear me?
Occasionally, my daughter will call me by my full name. Generally, my kids call me Papa, but when I hear her say my full name, I know that she’s been calling for me for a […]
Learning to listen
The family was in crisis. A young mother in critical condition. Two small children. Family gathered around her bed, praying for her. Life on the line. Hearts on the line. As I watched this unfold […]
Faith is a continuing conversation
This past Sunday, I had the opportunity to listen to a friend of mine (also named Pete) preach. He started the sermon with a clip from a movie we’d seen together several years before and […]
What do you do when you're an arrogant arse?
I have the ability to be a self-righteous, pompous jerk. I am accomplished at treating other as if they are less intelligent than I am. This is no pleasant thing to think about. So, I tend […]
The reason we listen to other people is …
… not because they have something we want to hear. It’s because they have something they want to say. When we listen just to what we want to hear, we miss out on several things. […]
How to read the Bible, part 1 — Read — God speaks. We listen.
There are four steps to the process of Bible reading referred to as “sacred reading” or lectio divina. The first of these is lectio, which simply refers to reading. As followers of Jesus, we know that we’re […]