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Hearing from God

"The Spirit who inhabits us is not mute, restricting himself to an occasional nudge, a hot flash, a brilliant image or a case of goose bumps" -- Dallas Willard "So pay attention to how you hear.  To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given.  But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them." Luke 8:18 Here is a confession.  My most challenging and rewarding class that I have ever taken (high school, college, graduate schools combined) was called  Advanced Choir.  I know that sounds crazy in light of years of difficult science, Seminary, and organizational management courses.  Yet, when I reflect back, its high school choir that required the deepest level of focus and understanding. I am a person with a very average voice who grew up in a family without a significant musical history.  The advanced choir in high school, was one of the top competitive choirs in the state of Ohio, with