The Art of Spiritual Listening: Responding to God's Voice Amid the Noise of Life

by Alice Fryling

HAVE YOU HEARD?

Life shouts. God whispers. How can we hear God’s whispers when the struggles and worries of life distract us? How can we quiet our souls?

The Art of Spiritual Listening is about learning to listen to the gentle, persistent voice of God and help others hear God’s voice as well. With insightful and creative reflections, Alice Fryling guides us through Scripture passages that teach us how to experience and hear God more fully. Here you will find ways

·Become more attentive to God’s spirit
·Understand how to hear God’s voice in your own life
·Learn how to help others develop the discipline of listening to God’s leading

With an emphasis on spiritual direction, The Art of Spiritual Listening includes Bible study questions, prompts for personal reflection, and notes for leaders who wish to use the book in a group. If your life is too noisy to hear God, or if you want to hear his voice more clearly, The Art of Spiritual Listening will guide you to a deeper understanding of what it means to respond to God’s invitation to listen.

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 18, 2003

About the author

Alice Frying is a spiritual director and the author of nine books, including Seeking God Together: An Introduction to Group Spiritual Direction. She has been giving Enneagram workshops for fifteen years, teaching participants how to use the Enneagram to know God and themselves more deeply. She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren.

Reviews

[Summer Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting study on spiritual listening. More like a spiritual conversation with a friend where you are asked to really think about where you are today in light of different passages with differing focuses. Should be read slowly--a chapter a week or even a month with time to contemplate, simmer, and see how God speaks to you. Lovely reading experience.

[Virgil R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly Recommend

Great, thought provoking book. I highly recommend it. This is an excellent book for self reflection and/or for a small group leader to use in their group.

[Deb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed going through this book with a group and sharing our thoughts and faith.

[Sherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this study guide. It had a great format, combining brief life lessons with scripture and open questions. I feel this study guide is relevant for Christians of all ages and at all levels of faith. I look forward to incorporating it into my Youth Group studies next year.

On a personal level, I really enjoyed going through this study. I learned a lot about reading scripture and putting the Bible into a "real" place in my head. I learned a lot about working with other people as a Christian - both guiding and receiving guidance. Most importantly, I learned how to create the spaces where God needs to speak to me, to extend that invitation to Him and receive what He has to say. We'll work on actually doing those things next...

[Tally · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started reading this book in Nov. It is a very short book, but VERY HEAVY. At least that's how it hits me. I've been taking my sweet time, soaking it in. Very insightful. This book spells out our role in hearing what God is saying to us.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very short, but requires a lot of thought. I recommend this book if you would like to be a spiritual director or would like to virtually sit with the wise direction of the author for several chapters. I had the privilege of briefly meeting Alice Fryling while I was reading this book.