As well
as listening to words, effective communication requires paying attention to body language and expressions so as to notice and respond to feelings.
I do manage to pay attention to writing posts and editing photos
as I listen to the words flowing from my iPhone less than a foot away.
As she listens to his words of thanks, her conversations with her elderly mother Nora (Doreen Mantle, Scoop) and children Giulia (Kate Ashfield, Shaun of the Dead), James (Aidan McArdle, Me and Orson Welles) and Benjamin (Luke Treadaway, Attack the Block) reiterate her concerns for their increasing age, a discussion that forms the basis of the feature.
Not exact matches
As the storyteller shares his / her story, ask other participants
to listen carefully and jot down a
word or phrase that reminds them of another story he / she can tell.
Also, providing
words such
as «yes» or «I understand» while they are speaking will help them
to feel
listened to.
In the future, intelligent AI powered chatbot interaction might greet you with a friendly opening, engage in chit chat, truly
listen to your
words, execute pauses, react
to emotional cues and not just diagnose, but connect with you
as it works
to solve your problems efficiently, and smartly.
In today's episode, we discuss Matt's new book: «Revolutionary Retirement»
Listen in
as Matt and I discuss: What motivated Matt
to dedicate over 61,000
words to the topic of retirement?
Knowing that the Echo has always -
listening capabilities (it
listens specifically for key
words such
as «Alexa» or «Amazon»), officers in the case subpoenaed Amazon
to find out what information, if any, the company had in connection
to the murder.
As I grew in Christ, I began
to «look at the heart», and
to listen to the themes that were within a person's
words «for out of the abundance / overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks».
She did it with the
words, only the
words, clearly spoken, her voice matched
to the contexts of humor, narrative, conversation, sadness,
as demanded by the text, all from her desk
as the class sat at theirs,
listening.
All that is missing is «
listening to God now
as I read», for the BIble itself is not the
Word of God.
As mom always said:
listen with a grain of salt, and speak with a grain of sugar — because you may have
to eat your
words.
I love how some take the
words of one supposed «theologian»
to another and then tells everyone not
to listen to their pastor who has probably had
as much experience (if not more) with biblical interpretation than this author.
Just a few years ago, I
listened to a sermon where the pastor put the
word «consent» in air quotes: «The world says that
as long
as there's «consent,» it's alright, but we know better than that, don't we?»
Right now,
as you are reading this devotional,
listening to a preacher or watching a sermon DVD,
as you hear God's
Word, His power is released into your situation, working things out for you and turning your situation around for your good.
We are used
to the imagery of God communicating by God's
word, and so we think of our responses
to God
as aural: we
listen.
We can
listen to the
words and triumphant strains of the «Internationale» and hear what is best described
as an apocalyptic hymn:
Ignoring the warnings of American bishops that American teenagers would not likely be very interested in
listening to what the Church had
to say, John Paul called down an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the 800,000 youth who gathered with him in theMile High City, taking
as his theme the
words of Our Lord in John 10:10, «I came that they might have life.»
And if I were a Plato in sentimental enthusiasm, and if my heart beat
as violently
as Alcibiades» or more violently than that of the Corybantic mystic while
listening to the
words of Socrates; if the passion of my admiration knew no rest until I had clasped the wondrous master in my arms — Socrates would but smile at me and say: «My friend, how deceitful a lover you are!
Yet despite that reservation, I am extremely reluctant
to dismiss or ignore the
words of the Bible, and I use the Bible
as a way
to tune my ears
to the Holy Spirit, just
as listening to a recording of a person's voice can help you pick that person's living, present voice out of a crowd.
As I
listened to the pastor recite the beautiful
words with which he asked me if I would «take this man
to be my beloved husband,» I realized something.
Only when we sit down and
listen to others, let them become comfortable with us, let us be able
to love them and
listen then speak, but with
words of grace with some salt
as the Holy Spirit leads.
Theologically what it intends is obedience; that is, a genuine
listening to the
Word of God
as spoken in particular situation; and always from the complexities of the human psyche or of human society.
C.S. Lewis even went so far
as to say that the Christ story was a myth; one that just so happened
to be true (although he could never actually demonstrate this)
Listen to his own
words:
Instead, I learned it through the careful and prayerful study of Scripture
as I seek God's face and
listen to His whispering through the
words of God on the written page and the
Word of God in Jesus Christ.
Please don't
listen to these people on here they have so many different views and ideas of their own but don't
listen to them they have closed their heart
to God and are doing Satans work of misleading people away from the Almighty they look for men who like
to have their ears tickled so don't take mine our anyone else's
word for it look it up for your self history attests
to the bible
as true and The writings of Moses is far older than anything they have ever found thats right Moses wrote the first parts in the bible 3,500 years ago The scriptures weren't inspired by Pagan stories Pagan stories was inspired by actual events just like those in the bible because if you notice that a lot of the stories found in the bible have a lot
to do about people worshipping false Gods.
Rather than remaining in a fluid relationship based on
listening,
word, memory, choice, and response, the woman sees a possible way
to take possession and
to dominate at the level of this reality that she recognizes
as the only stable one.
I sat down at the computer again
to try
to find a few
words to say how I find God in this daily place and in this work, how I only learned
to pray when I began
to pray with my hands and my attention on purpose and how most of prayer
to me now is
listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice
to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and
to create amazing soaring art with all of the white space of an uncluttered life and glorious heights of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I need the God who sits in the mud and in the cold wind, in the laundry pile and in the city park, who embodies grief and joy, wisdom and patience, loneliness
as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good deep breath, and who even now shows up in the unlikeliest and homeliest of lives too,
as a sacrament of and blessing for the ordinary things.
If you are not feeding daily on Scripture, and
listening to Biblically based sermons
as often
as you can, and attending Bible studies, and then, living out what God teaches you from His
Word, you will never produce an abundant harvest.
Words of wisdom in books and preachings can be of help in our searching but they are not the truth
as it can exist only in living a life in harmony by
listening to the inner voice of our hearts.
Simon certainly needed all these things, be
as a true disciple, he chose
to listen to the teaching of the
Word of God instead.
If «preaching,»
as Bultmann is using the
word, merely means standing in a pulpit and expounding the Bible, then it is not true that the decision of freedom and the authentic self occurs only when one is
listening to a preacher.
(45) Rather than being addressed directly, the congregation «
listens in»
as I say a few
words to the pastor.
So sacred was it held
to be at the time of the making of the Code of Manu, greatest of the law books, that it was therein decreed that a lowly Sudra, i.e., low caste man, who so much
as listened to the sacred text would have molten metal poured into his ears, and his tongue cut out if he pronounced the sacred
words of the holy Vedas.1 «Whether such laws were ever actually enforced may be doubted.
U idiot bigot she brought up jesus in a discussion about santa and said «I mean jesus was a white man too but you know its like we have he was a historical figure I mean thats a verifiable fact...» I watched the whole interview too if u like her so much why did nt u
listen to her «just because it makes you uncomfortable doesn't mean you can just change it...» she did say those
words so edited or not she proposed a lie
as the truth jesus was
as white
as any middle eastern person is
It is
as if people are
listening to every
word, seeing which direction he takes next.
They use it
as a softening
word, one that signals that they're are not coming
to dominate us, but instead
to «
listen» and play the role of «honest brokers.»
We see the tragic flaw in the rich man and recognize our own inability or unwillingness
to hear and
listen to God's
word as it finds its way
to us.
Do not
listen to lies but consider everything
as best you can without
words.
And if any one will not receive you or
listen to your
words, shake off the dust from your feet
as you leave that house or town.
Listening in depth means listening with the «third ear» (as Theodor Reik put it), or being sensitive to the feelings that are behind the words and the subtle messages communicated in mood, posture, and facial ex
Listening in depth means
listening with the «third ear» (as Theodor Reik put it), or being sensitive to the feelings that are behind the words and the subtle messages communicated in mood, posture, and facial ex
listening with the «third ear» (
as Theodor Reik put it), or being sensitive
to the feelings that are behind the
words and the subtle messages communicated in mood, posture, and facial expression.
The only things that we need
to concern ourselves with are the two things that Yehoshua told us
to do: Share the Good
Word («Good Spell» or «Gospel» in the old tongue) with everyone who will
listen and Treat our neighbors
as we would want
to be treated (which includes feeding and clothing the NEEDY).
«I describe this new dimension
as a call,» Ricoeur writes, «a kerygma a
word addressed
to me... To believe it is to listen to the call, but to hear the call we must interpret the messag
to me...
To believe it is to listen to the call, but to hear the call we must interpret the messag
To believe it is
to listen to the call, but to hear the call we must interpret the messag
to listen to the call, but to hear the call we must interpret the messag
to the call, but
to hear the call we must interpret the messag
to hear the call we must interpret the message.
Cherry picking or dismissing the
word of God (
as is the case with 1 Corinthians 11) in order
to justify our own idea of what is right and wrong is the result of
listening to the lies of the serpent.
As I
listened to the reporting on AC 360 regarding Pastor Worley's message I agree that his
words and his way of communicating his theological stand were unwise and archaic.
The best way
to know about God is
to simply
listen and pay attention
to what he said
as revealed through the
Word, or Christ.
Better yet CNN, why don't you give us a list of all the reporters / journalists (I'm laughing
as I write the
word journalist) in your Time Warner corporation who are Christians and let people decide if they still want
to read, watch or
listen to their stories.
As I
listened and felt the power of his
words I scribbled into the margin of my notebook, «I am talking
to a dead man.»
Having myself,
as a recipient of modern scientific culture, gone through a subjective experience like this, I feel sure that it must also have been the experience of many, perhaps of most, of you who
listen to my
words.
Anna's work
as a prophetess was
to speak the
Word of God, and share what she knew about Jesus with all who would
listen to her.