Title: Listening in a loud world : toward a theology of meaning /
Authors: Shippey, Robert C.
Publisher: Mercer University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Listening Religious aspects Christianity; Christian life.
Contents: The need for holy listening -- Components of holy listening -- The simplicity and complexity of holy listening -- Why should we listen? -- Resting on the promises -- Can you hear me now? -- The condition of sin -- Moving from shadows into light -- What must we do to listen? -- Listening in a loud world -- Letting the story claim us -- Letting the river carry us -- Letting God be God -- Letting our limits teach us -- Longing to be made whole -- The journey through the night -- There's no place like home -- Homecoming and the work of the church -- Christian evangelism and missions -- Questions and answers -- Faith and meaning -- Listening when we hurt -- The waiting place : experiencing -- Kairos in the chronos -- The God who suffers with us -- On the other side of pain -- Listening and the Christian hope -- Listening toward light -- Centering on one's meaning -- Intentional journaling -- Reading scripture -- Evaluating priorities -- Spiritual autobiography -- Intentional community -- Beginnings.