by Avie | Sep 18, 2020 | experiences of Listening, Letting Go of Outcome, valuing service
Dear Listener, Recently I’ve thought of listening as seeds. Just as there are things a seed needs in order to thrive and grow, there are things that nurture listening allowing it to thrive and grow. Without light, nourishment, oxygen, and a particular temperature or...
by Avie | May 24, 2020 | experiences of Listening, Letting Go of Outcome
Dear Listener, I have a weekly ritual these days… Once each week I log into our scheduler and delete the shifts scheduled for the next 7 days out. On the surface, this is not exactly what I’d desire to be doing. There is a bright side, though. Each week...
by Avie | Apr 10, 2020 | experiences of Listening, valuing service
Listening can remain a constant in an ever changing world Dear Listener, This Listening Post has been in a month long pause in its formal listening in our community. And, while we had looked forward to soon returning to our normal schedule of serving in 8...
by Avie | Mar 21, 2020 | experiences of Listening, gratitude, valuing service
This week’s letter comes from long time volunteer listener, Debbie Sis. Dear Listener, I was feeling a little low not being able to go to BFS tonight and knowing it’s for the higher good but still feeling the loss. I went to Costco as I had purchased some...
by Avie | Mar 13, 2020 | experiences of Listening, support, valuing service
Dear Listener, LP is responding to the Coronavirus pandemic. As of today, 3/12, we are pausing from our regular service of listening in all of our 8 sites, and postponing the opening of our site at Providence. We will take one month off at all sites to model our care...
by Avie | Feb 23, 2020 | difficult conversations, experiences of Listening, real contact and intimacy, silence
Dear Listener, A few years ago during one of our Volunteers’ Monthly Meeting we posed a question about trust. We broke into small groups and listened to one another explore what trust meant to us and how we experienced it. While I don’t remember the...
