“What did you just say?” It’s a question I find myself yelling at my newsfeed all too often. After another bizarre claim about migrants or women or trans folk I find myself wanting to do anything but listen. How could I and maybe more importantly, should I, be listening when the speaker is so off … Continue reading What Did You Say?

It sounds obvious, but one of the simplest ways to improve our active listening is to focus less on what we want to say and more on what the other person is saying. Here are a few strategies to help you with this simple-but-not-always-easy practice: Slow down the pace of your speaking a bit. Get … Continue reading Asking “Listening” Questions

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Who doesn’t love a nice invitation? It’s great to be invited to a party or to a new job or just to the movies. And yet…. Sometimes the power of invitation is in knowing when to shut the door and say, “no, thank you.” I love the Rumi poem that we shared in Touch Points … Continue reading The Invitation

September’s Spiritual Practice Offering from Your Director of Spiritual Development There’s a Hebrew word that appears 74 different times in the Bible that doesn’t have a clear English translation: Selah. It’s a pointer to the spiritual concept of taking a pause and just allowing things to be as they are. Sometimes that pause is indicated … Continue reading Pressing the Pause Button