Soul Talk: Speaking with Power Into the Lives of Others

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Summary: Great Book
Review: Crabb's latest book does an excellent job of telling you how to really minister to what is going on in the deepest parts of people. What makes this book so good, it it refuses to give you a formula. Granted he has steps, but his steps are more to get you to avail yourself to the holy spirit's leading. Thus SoulTalk will look a variety of different ways. Crabb really shows you how to pay attention to what is going on behind people's words, what's really going on with you as you're listening to people talk, and how to get past mere empathy and advice giving to Dance with the Spirit. Required reading for every minster/spiritual director type person.

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Summary: A Book I Wish I Had Written
Review: I wondered how Crabb would continue his honest look at contemporary Christianity. This book echoes a million things I have felt over the last five years of my life. While I found the writing to be somewhat repetitive, what was said was well worth it. I would like to say that this is the most important book to come out of the current glut of contemporary Christian literature. I hope this book finds its way into the hands of many.