Kay Lindahl – författare

A dynamic conversation on the power of women''s spiritual leadership and its emerging patterns of transformation.

"We invite you to come with curiosity into this living community of spiritual women, listening deeply as they share their personal stories of how their spiritual journeys have shaped and honed them as leaders.... We do not offer answers to all of the complex questions facing us as a human family, but we invite you to join us as we surrender to the mystery of being open, present and engaged together in these uncertain times."—from the Introduction

This empowering resource engages women in an interactive exploration of the challenges and opportunities on the frontier of women''s spiritual leadership.

Through the voices of North American women representing a matrix of diversity—ethnically, spiritually, religiously, generationally and geographically—women will be inspired to new expressions of their own personal leadership and called into powerful collaborative action.

Hearing and listening are two different things.Learning to listen—really listen—requires sacred practice.

The Sacred Art of Listening guides you through forty practices of deep listening—to our Source, to ourselves, and to each other.

Inspiring text and contemplative artwork combine to communicate the three essential qualities of deep listening—silence, reflection, and presence. They demonstrate that the key to healthy relationships and spiritual transformation can be as basic as practicing the art of listening.

You will learn how to:

Poor listening leads to misunderstandings and lost opportunities.Learning to listen well requires spiritual practice.

It happens at work and at home, with strangers and close friends, in heated debates and in quiet conversations—you hear someone speaking, but often you don’t truly listen.

Kay Lindahl’s highly respected workshops are attended by people from a broad range of backgrounds. Her first book, The Sacred Art of Listening, has been published to acclaim in North America, Europe, and Asia. Now she offers practical, easy-to-follow advice and exercises to enhance your capacity to listen in a spirit-filled way. Using examples from her own life and her work as a teacher of the sacred art of listening, Lindahl explores the nature and use of silence, reflection, and divine presence as foundational qualities of listening and shows you how you can apply these in your everyday life.

This valuable workshop-in-a-book examines the varied ways we are called to deep listening, including:

You will find yourself inspired to discover how different your conversations will be when you stop just talking and start really listening.

Multicultural, Nondenominational, NonsectarianEndorsed by Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Buddhist Religious Leaders

Playfully explores with kids how God listens and how learning to listen is important.

How Does God Listen? encourages children to use all of their senses to explore and develop a personal relationship with God.

How does God listen? How do we know God is listening to us? Children will find the answers to these questions as they engage their senses while the story unfolds, learning how God listens in the wind, waves, clouds, hot chocolate, perfume, our tears, and our laughter.

The simple yet profound text, accompanied by vibrant, colorful photographs, captures the experiences common to children of all faiths and backgrounds as they begin to understand the many ways God listens to us. Filled with wisdom and love, How Does God Listen? delights the senses and expands the ways we think about God and God’s presence in our lives.

“How Do I Know that God is listening? I can’t See God.”

“Well, there are lots of things we can’t see, yet we know they are there.”

How can we know that God listens to us? This lively book helps children use all of their senses to explore how God is always present in their everyday lives, and is always listening. Using simple, everyday examples to which children can relate, How Does God Listen? helps children develop a direct and personal understanding of God.

How Does God Listen? teaches children—and the rest of us—that God is everywhere, and that the world is full of wonder.