Listening to Understand

Posted on June 14, 2019 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

David Augsburger writes a wonderful little book titled, “Caring Enough to Confront.”  We don’t always put these two words together, but Augsburger recognizes the paradox of love: it is caring and it is confronting.

Augsburger offers this simple poem to illustrates the “both-and” quality needed in listening to understand:

About R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

As I enter the third third of life, I am becoming aware of the role of elders today “to enlarge spiritual vision, being devoted to prayer, living in the face of death, as a living curriculum of the Christian life” (Dr. James M. Houston). I am a life long and life wide learner who seeks to: *decipher the enigma of our worth *rescue from the agony of prayerlessness *integrate spiritual friendship.
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3 Responses to Listening to Understand

  2. Dr. J says:
    July 10, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    Thanks for this thoughtful poem that provides a deeper understanding of “speaking the truth in love” which confronts boldly yet tenderly.

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