The Art of Hard Conversations
Do you have someone in your life who is difficult to talk with? Asking you tough questions? Or simply want to arm yourself with practical tools to prepare yourself for the inevitable? There is an art to conversation, to speaking with one another.
Why is it difficult, even debilitating at times, to bring up certain conversations? Why does it matter how we respond to uncomfortable questions and relational problems?
In the book published by Kregal, Lori brilliantly laid out the chapters over Biblical models. With her background in psychology and Biblical studies, she addresses the walls, fears, doubts, and struggles we wrestle in our daily lives. Most importantly, there are moments silence is best.
Learning to tackle our own perceptions of sin, willfulness, pride, and personal emotions of all kinds, we can lay our motives at the cross. Our personality does affect our communications, but we can learn to be kind and respectful. To look at the Word for guidance. To seek the Lord’s purpose in relationships and conversations.
I appreciated the clear bold highlights on nearly every other page in the printed version. This makes sense for particularly tough conversations. I highly recommend this book because as we live and breathe and wade through relational struggles in this life, we will certainly have tough conversations where we need to hone our skills like an artist practicing the craft. The right tools to improve conversation with those in our lives are vital.
The author provides “Biblical Tools for the Tough Talks That Matter,” and her book towers as a staple of practical references in the Christian’s library.
The Art Of Hard Conversations: Biblical Tools For the Tough Tasks That Matter. By Lori Stanley Roeleveld. This book should be read by every believer who wants to be effective for Christ in communication during the tough, controversial, sensitive subjects of life. It reads with the heart of an author who is well studied and loves the Lord and His word, and desires to see people grow and mature in relationships. As a resource, a reader could find a chapter topic and wade right in to the specific chapter. Find the book at your favorite book seller.
Book Review written by Patricia Tiffany Morris
