Listening and Caring Skills in Ministry Quotes

“The greatest gift you can give your children is to pay attention to them and listen intently.”
― John Savage, Listening & Caring Skills: A Guide for Groups and Leaders

“The more you listen in depth, the more you will become aware that most people have relatively little insight into their own lives. Perhaps people's lives are unexamined because no one is listening to them.”
― John Savage, Listening & Caring Skills: A Guide for Groups and Leaders

“Four things are inside the sender of the communication when information is being sent to another: (1) feelings,-(2) intentions,-(3) attitudes,-and (4) thoughts. These four attributes are private.”
― John Savage, Listening & Caring Skills: A Guide for Groups and Leaders

“One person can care for about ten to twelve persons in an organization. Most people do not have enough time or energy to care for more at any one time.”
― John Savage, Listening & Caring Skills: A Guide for Groups and Leaders

“When you enter your own pain, you will be like Jacob wrestling with the angel. When you come away from the event, you will have two things—a healed wound and a new name (identity).”
― John Savage, Listening and Caring Skills in Ministry: A Guide for Groups and Leaders

“THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEANT! Sometimes, smug times When I’m talking about God When I’m praying about God When I’m working for God, Sometimes, smug times When I’m very busy in the church about the church around the church I wonder if God isn’t sighing, or whispering, or saying, or hollering, THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEANT!”
― John Savage, Listening and Caring Skills in Ministry: A Guide for Groups and Leaders