To Understand Each Other

Listen.

That's a word/action that is pretty important to me right now.

Paul Tournier's book: To Understand Each Other is one of the best on the subject of listening and understanding. Listening is only the first step, the next step is to seek to understand what you hear. Wisdom is the step after that - knowing what to do with what you understand. Tournier's book is full of wisdom concerning the tasks of listening and understanding.

I've bought a bunch of used copies of the book for my friends at Anchor - I hope they get snatched up quickly.

Here's a list of the short/concise chapters - which also, by the way, give you a clear overview of the book and the theme of understanding.

To Achieve Understanding,
We Need to Want it

To Achieve Understanding,
We Need to Express Ourselves

To Achieve Understanding,
We Need Courage

To Achieve Understanding,
We Need to Love

To Achieve Understanding,
We Need to Accept Our Natural Differences

To Achieve Understanding,
We Must Admit How Greatly the Sexes Differ

To Achieve Understanding,
We Must Admit Our Differences in Love Itself

We Need to Understand
in Order to Help Each Other

In Order to Understand,
We Need to Grasp the Importance of the Past

Complete Understanding
Calls for Personal Submission to Jesus Christ