tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6477137403208394517..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: They are not listening. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-77929930475289370082015-11-11T06:30:28.957-06:002015-11-11T06:30:28.957-06:00“The Spirit does not work only if people are liste...“The Spirit does not work only if people are listening. The Spirit works wherever and whenever we speak faithfully the Word of the Lord.” Thanks be to God.Erik Maldrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069445625382113969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-81063603356594112072015-11-10T20:36:43.642-06:002015-11-10T20:36:43.642-06:00One thing we might do to help people listen is to ...One thing we might do to help people listen is to teach them how when they're children. It is not a natural skill. It certainly isn't learned in daycare, or absorbed through the thumbs. Listening is taught by adults (who know how). Reading skills also help with concentration, Cerainly if you don't want to listen you won't, but you have to know how to pay attention if you do..<br /><br />On the other side, it isn't the use of vernacular and slang that draws people in; it is the evidence the speaker believes what he's saying is Truth. Dorothy Sayers once quipped that Christianity was the greatest drama ever, but Church of England ministers had managed to make it boring. The lingo isn't important; if a hearer doesn't understand a word, but that word is Truth and so perceived, the listener will search out it's meaning. A preacher should never seem indifferent to his own sermon. Someone once said, "Heresy has killed it's thousands, but boredom it's tens of thousands." Apathy delivered in the form of a homily will assure people don't listen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060779600417891751noreply@blogger.com