Tag Archives: Listen

Speak Now

Posted on October 29, 2021 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

Listen, listen While the storm in your heart is raging Listen, listen, listen Listen, listen To the echoes of martyrs praying Listen, listen, listen Listen Brothers and sisters Listen, listen, listen I swear we’ll never find a way to where … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems | Tagged Can you hear the angels cry out?, Eternal Echoes, Leslie Odom Jr., Listen, One Night in Miami, Speak Now, The children will grow on the seeds that we sew, We'll never find a way to where we're going all alone | 2 Comments

When Someone is Broken

Posted on October 22, 2021 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

In a men’s group I facilitated, one of the guidelines we told ourselves was to remember that “unsolicited advice is an emotional violation.” It was our way of reminding ourselves to “please, just listen.” As I like to remind myself … Continue reading →

Posted in Proverbs | Tagged Broken, Encouragement, I just listen, Listen, More beautiful for being broken, To know you are not alone, When Someone is Broken | 1 Comment

Silent Listening, Listen Silently

Posted on November 13, 2020 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

In The Need to be Listened To – I was struck by the lyric that captured prayer at its most primal: Anyone, please send me anyone Oh, Lord, is there anyone? I need someone Parker J. Palmer speaks to this … Continue reading →

Posted in Proverbs | Tagged Accompanier, Attentiveness, Companionship, Contented to be betrayed, Deep Listening, Depression, Gift of Self, Listen, Parker J. Palmer, Presence, The need to be listened to, The paradox of needing saving, To be Accompanied, To be Companioned, To be Heard, To be Seen, Wanting to be Heard, What it means to be saved | Leave a comment

The Need to be Listened To

Posted on September 4, 2020 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

Anyone – by Demi Lovato I tried to talk to my piano I tried to talk to my guitar Talked to my imagination Confided into alcohol I tried and tried and tried some more Told secrets ’til my voice was sore … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems | Tagged A cry for anyone to listen, A cry for God, A cry for help, A cry for prayer, Anyone, Demi Lovato, Listen, Prayer at its most primal, Prophetic Echo, The power of listening, To be listened to, Wounds as a source of art | 1 Comment

More on the Story of your Life

Posted on May 24, 2019 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

This excerpt from John O’Donohues book, “Eternal Echoes” is meant to be a companion to the “Practicum of a Soul Friend.” It is meant as a deeper contemplation on the story of your life: Regardless of how you look back … Continue reading →

Posted in Proverbs | Tagged Deep Listening, Listen, Listening is hugely subversive, Memory, Miracle of Memory, More on the story of your life, Practicum of a Soul Friend, The place of failure in our story, Wonder is a key to compassion | Leave a comment

Learning God’s Language: Prayer

Posted on February 17, 2017 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

Prayer: the use of language or the absence of words directed to the One who made us for Himself, for reasons as wide as the sky, or for no other reason than to listen. In posts like “What language shall … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayers, Proverbs | Tagged Begins with listening and leads to imitation, From babbling to forming words, Imaginative Meditation, Impoverished with or without words, Language formed by those we are closest to, Language of Prayer, Learning to Pray, Learning to speak learning to pray, Listen, Listening Prayer, Margaret Silf, Our Beggarly Posture, Words or no words | 3 Comments

Listening Prayer

Posted on April 22, 2016 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

“If you have ears to hear, listen,” Jesus repeatedly says. It is the first act of the art of prayer, the middle act, and the last act. Over time we find the wisest and most humble among us understand prayer … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems, Prayers | Tagged Constant Novice Status, Ears to hear, First act of Prayer, I just listen, Listen, Listening Prayer, Madeleine L'Engle, Mother Teresa | 9 Comments

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