Summary of Adam S. McHugh's The Listening Life

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The words listen and obey have the same root. In Latin, the word obey would not exist without the word listen. The distinction between listening and doing is the result of human beings tearing asunder what belongs together.
#2 Listening is also about obedience. When we hear a sound that commands our attention, we are forced to listen. Music has the ability to command us, and we obey it.
#3 Listening is never passive, a stall or placeholder until you do something about it. Biblical listening is a full-bodied listening that not only vibrates our eardrums but echoes in our souls and resonates out into our limbs.
#4 Listening is a practice of focused attention. It is a chosen obedience, like soldiers falling into line the moment their commanding officer calls them to attention.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Spiritual Growth
• Christian Living
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 10 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822504875
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Adam S. McHugh's The Listening Life
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The words listen and obey have the same root. In Latin, the word obey would not exist without the word listen. The distinction between listening and doing is the result of human beings tearing asunder what belongs together.

#2

Listening is also about obedience. When we hear a sound that commands our attention, we are forced to listen. Music has the ability to command us, and we obey it.

#3

Listening is never passive, a stall or placeholder until you do something about it. Biblical listening is a full-bodied listening that not only vibrates our eardrums but echoes in our souls and resonates out into our limbs.

#4

Listening is a practice of focused attention. It is a chosen obedience, like soldiers falling into line the moment their commanding officer calls them to attention.

#5

Listening is a vital part of discipleship. It is the beginning of discipleship, and it is important enough to Jesus that he devotes his first parable to it.

#6

Listening is a service of the ear, the mind, and the heart. It is an act of humility, in which we acknowledge that no matter who we are listening to, we come to learn.

#7

We must be careful about how we listen, because life in this world is polyphonous, filled with countless voices that beckon us to do their bidding. We can become selective listeners who are impossible to please because we think that there is always a more appealing voice speaking somewhere else, promising us more happiness.

#8

The voices we choose to listen to are extremely important. If we only listen to the voices that echo our own, we will be limited in our growth and spirituality.

#9

We are often filled with noise, we are lonely, and we are afraid of the voices in our heads that might start speaking if we took the time to be silent. We may choose to be immersed in outer noise because it is more comfortable than facing the internal chatter.

#10

To be able to listen, we must be willing to change our minds. We must be open to the possibility that some of our choices and beliefs limit us. We must be open to admitting that we are wrong.

#11

We are becoming exponentially more knowledgeable as a society, but no wiser. Our seemingly infinite sources of information and content have us sampling everything but digesting little. We are also able to create playlists of voices that only say what we want to hear, and filter out voices that challenge us to think differently.

#12

The last concern I have about our personal technology is that it is teaching us how to listen, and it is doing so in a selective and individualistic way. We should treat listening as an act of hospitality that opens us up to the world and to God.

#13

Listening to music on vinyl has taught me to put listening at the center of my attention. It doesn’t mean that I’m always listening, but it means that when I do listen, I give it my full attention.

#14

We associate the eyes with identity and intimacy, and they are the windows of the soul. We use many words that derive from the sense of sight to describe personal knowledge and identity.

#15

The Bible emphasizes the importance of listening to God. He is the source of all revelation, and he communicates with us through speech, in one form or another.