Listening Ministry: Rethinking Pastoral LeadershipThis book presents a unique blend of theological reflection on listening, new and tested research on listening as it relates to church leadership, and suggested forms of listening education and skills assessment in a continual effort to locate and understand listening as the heart of effective and faithful ministry. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ministry and Listening Leadership What Are the Foundations? | 6 |
The Framework of Pastoral Listening | 9 |
Why Bother? The Benefits of Good Pastoral Listening | 14 |
Summary | 15 |
Listening and Hearing The Scriptural Tradition | 17 |
Scriptures and Listening | 18 |
Summary | 23 |
Listening to the Listener | 63 |
Summary | 67 |
Where Two or Three Are Gathered Listening in Groups | 69 |
Faith Community Frameworks | 70 |
Listening in Meetings | 71 |
Pastoral Listening Guidelines for Groups | 73 |
A Pastoral Listening Exercise | 76 |
A Pastor Listens to a Staff Member | 77 |
For Discussion | 25 |
Pastoral Listening The Theological Heritage | 26 |
Confessional Listening | 27 |
Textual Tributaries | 30 |
What the Written Tradition Reveals about Listening | 33 |
Summary | 35 |
Listening and the Law | 37 |
Listening and Disclosure | 39 |
Listening and Confidentiality | 40 |
Summary | 42 |
Listening at Hearts Edge God Self and Community | 44 |
Strands of the Heritage | 45 |
Contemplative Listening with WolvinCoakley | 48 |
What about Discernment? | 49 |
Invitation to Faith | 52 |
Summary | 54 |
For Discussion | 55 |
Corporate God ward Listening Worship and Preaching | 56 |
A Quaker Form of Corporate Listening | 79 |
Summary | 80 |
Listening in Community Fragility and Watchfulness | 82 |
Three Definitions of Therapeutic Listening Skills | 83 |
Two Therapeutic Listening Settings | 85 |
Listening Corporately | 88 |
Summary | 92 |
A Theology of Listening Attending to the Future | 94 |
Listening in the Philosophical Tradition | 96 |
Creating a Listening Habitat | 97 |
The Future of Pastoral Listening Education | 100 |
Summary | 102 |
Historical View of Pastoral Theology Books on Listening | 103 |
Pastoral Letter | 104 |
Listening Course Syllabus | 106 |
Notes | 109 |
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Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Towards Religious Identity: An Exercise in Spiritual Guidance Tjeu van Knippenberg No preview available - 2002 |