Can You Hear Me Now? [Paperback]

Dallas Demmitt PhD (Author), Nancy Demmitt MC (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2003

A foundational book for all adults to help you discover the skill of listening in three different areas of your life and #151;helping your relationships, helping others, and helping yourself.

Helping Your Relationships and #151;Here the focus is on freedom from the bondage of legalism as it impacts relationships; as well as communication skills for moving through life with another imperfect person who needs the grace of God as much as you.

Helping Others and #151;You learn, in your role as a servant leader, how to shine a flashlight on the path into another's conflict and #151;to help him discover his way back to God and people he cares for. You learn how to lead him to self-discovery and confession at the foot of the cross. You show him how to leave his burden there through the cleansing and forgiveness of the Lord.

Helping Yourself and #151;To experience relief from pain, as well as to enjoy the peace, joy, and love that come through a life of faith empowered by the grace of God.

Product Details

• Paperback: 173 pages
• Publisher: Cook Communications Ministries (CO) (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781438969
• ISBN-13: 978-0781438964
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Read Book for Everyone, April 28, 2003

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This review is from: Can You Hear Me Now? (Paperback)

In a quick easy to understand style, Dallas and Nancy Demmitt capture in print the principles of listening that they have been teaching for over 20 years. Almost every person on the planet needs help with listening. In our noisy world, the art of listening to another person has been lost.

Pick up this book. I recommend it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Critical Life-Skill For Every Person--Listening, July 18, 2006

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W. Terry Whalin "Publisher/ Editor / Writer" (Scottsdale, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Can You Hear Me Now? (Paperback)

For more than 20 years, Dallas and Nancy Demmitt have been traveling across the United States, lecturing and demonstrating the skill of listening. With CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?, they've taken these crucial teachings and for the first time, put them into print.

As bestselling author, Gary Smalley writes in the foreword, "Listening can help you avoid misunderstanding and conflict, reduce false assumptions, stop the natural tendency to reach in the panic or crisis mode, and reduce fear, loneliness, and pain. As the Demmitts write" 'Just showing someone that you are willing to listen--without condemning or judging them--will help to make that person feel valued, loved, honored, and appreciated.'"

Everyone can gain or renew some valuable lessons from this book. I recommend it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking the barriers to good communication., March 31, 2006

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This review is from: Can You Hear Me Now? (Paperback)

Many books on listening and conversational skills attempt to teach techniques that seem to belong in a counselor's office and would sound artificial if applied in real life. Dallas and Nancy Demmitt teach some skills that can be applied by everyone in many different contexts, including in a marriage. They teach skills that increase understanding, reduce tensions and reduce the fear of discussing touchy subjects. To increase increase loving and beneficial communication, you first must increase understanding. Don't initially respond to your spouse's statements and concerns except to seek to understand. Ask who, how, where, and when in an effort to understand. Later, after you clarified and understood your spouse's perceptions and feelings do you respond. Their books is helpful and practical.