Connecting Like Jesus: Practices for Healing, Teaching, and Preaching Book

Acknowledgments.

An Introduction to Spiritually Charged Communication.

Part One: Connecting Like Jesus.

1 Spiritually Charged Communication: Relational Practices for Connecting Like Jesus.

2 Soul Healing: Connecting Like Jesus Through Care of the Soul.

Part Two: Practices for Soul Healing (Mary Albert Darling).

3 It Is About You: Knowing Yourself as the Starting Point for Soul Healing.

4 From Fear to Freedom: Overcoming What Keeps Us from Others.

5 Sacred Listening: Hearing with the Ears of God.

6 Connecting Through Questions: Why Asking Is Better Than Telling.

7 Conflict: An Opportunity to Connect.

8 Redeeming Conflict: Prayers and Other Practices for Oneness.

9 When Stories Tell the Story: The Power to Shape a Narrative (Mary Albert Darling and Tony Campolo).

Part Three: Practices for Teaching and Preaching (Tony Campolo).

10 Preparing the Soil: Laying the Groundwork for Spiritually Dynamic Speaking.

11 Planning Your Message: Crafting the Shape of Your Talk.

12 Presenting Your Message: Why It All Leads Up to the Finale.

Postscript for Spiritually Charged Communication.

"One Another" Verses.

Using This Book in Small Groups or Classes.

Notes.

The Authors.

Index.