Hearing Beyond the Words: How to Become a Listening Pastor Review

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(More customer reviews)I reviewed this book for the publisher. It is a deceptively simple and deeply wise book. It combines basic skills of listening with a clear grasp of the rich inner world of persons being listened to. It is well worth the reader's time.

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Only when pastors hear beyond the words, canthey care-fully minister. Pastors listen all the time. Or do they? Listening is more than a developed skill; it is an awesome gift of hospitality offered to others. According to Dr. Emma Justes,hearing beyond the wordssignifies an intimate relationship characterize by humility, thoughtful availability, vulnerability, and mutuality. Listening requires focused attention and openness. To help the reader learn this essential skill, the author includes exercises at the end of each chapter to build needed competency for this healing ministry.

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Making Confession, Hearing Confession: A History of the Cure of Souls Review

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(More customer reviews)I am a student of Dr. Kidder's. Her lectures are just as interesting and concisely prepared as you will find in this wonderful book. In addition to giving a comprehensive overview of the tradition of penitence and reconciliation, she deftly includes fascinating information about lay spiritual women in the 12-13th Century Lowlands who heard confessions and served as spiritual directors for many people, some of whom were men religious. Admittedly, I love to read history of any kind, but the flow of this book makes it even easier to read it. History is more than memorizing dates and doctrines. Kidder makes it come alive.
As an Episcopalian, we have the option of making corporate or individual confession, and I have never done the latter. However, after reading Kidder's tome and some of her sources, I have decided to make a retreat and my first full (covering my lifetime) confession. Scary? Yes, but she makes such compelling arguments that I am willing to give it a try.
I encourage you to give the book a try. Who knows what you'll be moved to do as a result!
Peace.


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Is confession obsolete? Far from it, Annemarie Kidder has learned. In Making Confession, Hearing Confession she reviews its origins and history from biblical times to the early modern era and examines contemporary practices of confession, penance, and spiritual direction that have emerged in the twentieth century while offering practical considerations for evaluating and improving one s own practice, either as confessor or penitent. Readers will be grateful for this concise historical overview of confession and Kidder s assurance that, despite its undervalued or misunderstood practice, this cure of souls is anything but obsolete.

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