{"id":9491,"date":"2025-02-27T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2025-02-22T07:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:00:15","slug":"good-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9491","title":{"rendered":"Good Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210128_082807-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210128_082807-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8398\" width=\"379\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210128_082807-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210128_082807-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210128_082807-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210128_082807-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210128_082807-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Now that is a conversation starter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  I know, it might turn out good or bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from the book Open Heart Open Home by Karen Burton Mains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good conversation is a matter of listening.  When a Christian, filled with the Holy Spirit, listens, he listens on three levels.  He listens to what words are being said.  He listens to what the person really means by those words, and he listens to the voice of the Spirit within who is giving illumination to his hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. Mark 13:35 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me: Now that is a conversation starter! Prodigal: I know, it might turn out good or bad. This is from the book Open Heart Open Home by Karen Burton Mains Good conversation is a matter of listening. 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