One of my favorite early feminist theologians, Nell Morton, is best known for her idea of “hearing to speech.” She writes about the power of listening deeply and really hearing each other in her book, The Journey is Home.
Morton says, “Hearing of this sort is equivalent to empowerment. We empower one another by hearing the other to speech. We empower the disinherited, the outsider, as we are able to hear them name in their own way their own oppression and suffering. In turn, we are empowered as we can put ourselves in a position to be heard by the disinherited (in this case other women) to speaking our own feeling of being caught and trapped. Hearing in this sense can break through political and social structures and image a new system. A great ear at the heart of the universe – at the heart of our common life — hearing human beings to speech — to our own speech.”
This week’s episode of the Three Minute Ministry Mentor is about listening. The story comes from two women who went from being mentor and mentee to creating a “circle of sisterhood.” At the heart of that transition was the empowering experience of listening, asking good questions, and building trust. #3MMM
3MMM | Episode 70: Embodied and Relational Reading
3MMM | Episode 69: Lenten Practices
3MMM | Episode 68: Permission to Read
3MMM | Episode 67: Fearing Bravely
3MMM | Episode 66: Permission to Grieve
3MMM | Episode 65: Permission to Laugh
3MMM | Episode 64 - Podcasts and Permission
Episode 63: Advent Part 2
3MMM | Episode 62: Advent Part 1
3MMM Episode 61: No-Win Situations
Episode 60: Helping Pastors Thrive
Episode 59: Called to Collaborate
3MMM Episode 58: Grief Rituals
3MMM Episode 57: Caring for Grief
3MMM Episode 56: Community Grief
3MMM Episode 54: Listening in Community
3MMM Episode 53: BONUS! More on Spacious Conversations
3MMM Episode 52: Spacious Conversations with Danielle Tumminio Hansen
3MMM Episode 51: Thinking Theologically with Eric Barreto
Episode 39: Pulled Up Short
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Life After Ministry
Cast The Word
Let Me Be Frank | Bishop Frank Caggiano’s Podcast | Diocese of Bridgeport, CT
The Bible Recap
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)