Generative Listening
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Weekly Verse
Let everyone be quick to listen and slow to speak.
James 1:19
Words of Wisdom
We need to practice the art of listening, which is more than simply hearing. Listening, in communication, is an openness of heart which makes possible that closeness without which genuine spiritual encounter cannot occur.
Pope Francis – The Joy of the Gospel
Changing how you listen means that you change how you experience relationships and the world. And if you change that, you change … everything. Generative listening is listening with openness to what is unknown and emerging. It is listening with all of your senses. It is holding space for bringing something new into reality that wants to be born.
Otto Scharmer – The Essentials of Theory U: Core Principles and Applications
Prayer
God of patience, help me to open my heart and mind to listen with curiosity. Grant me grace and patience to be a generative listener so I can BE love in our world. Amen
