The Listening Road: One Man's Ride Across America to Start Conversations About God

The Listening Road: One Man's Ride Across America to Start Conversations About God

by Neil Tomba
The Listening Road: One Man's Ride Across America to Start Conversations About God

The Listening Road: One Man's Ride Across America to Start Conversations About God

by Neil Tomba

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Overview

Do you wish you knew how to talk to people about life’s deepest and most sensitive topics? In The Listening Road, you’ll ride along on one man's remarkable 33-day journey cycling 3,000 miles across the United States on a mission to engage with people from all walks of life in real conversations about things that matter most.

As a pastor, Neil Tomba noticed a disturbing trend among people in church: they were finding it increasingly difficult to talk about God to those outside of the church. Neil wanted to practice what he preached, so he set out to bike across the United States, talking—and, more importantly, listening—to strangers from all walks of life about faith, their stories, and matters of the heart.

The Listening Road takes you on Neil’s remarkable journey across the country and straight into its soul—from Route 66 motels to state parks, a lake house, and a railway car; from conversations with Amish farmers to chats with truckers, cowboys, mechanics, and a descendant of Daniel Boone. From one city, farm, and highway to the next, we discover

  • practical, actionable ways to change our posture toward others to foster conversation,
  • why curiosity, kindness, and respect open up communication about God, and
  • how even in a culture of division and antagonism, real connection is possible.

In our polarizing time, Neil models with compassion and curiosity that genuine connection happens only if we are willing to listen in love.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781400224609
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date: 06/01/2021
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishing
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Neil Tomba is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and the senior pastor of Northwest Bible Church in Dallas, Texas, a position he’s held since 2001. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Eighteen-Year Dream 1

Chapter 2 Desperate Dependence 9

Chapter 3 Strangers Opening Up 17

Chapter 4 Riding with Pain 25

Chapter 5 A Listening Presence 33

Chapter 6 Friendship Despite Differences 43

Chapter 7 Divine Appointments 53

Chapter 8 Pursuing Truth and Beauty 63

Chapter 9 Sparking a New Dialogue 73

Chapter 10 Gentleness and Respect 83

Chapter 11 The Art of Listening 93

Chapter 12 The Greater Win 107

Chapter 13 Openness and Hope 115

Chapter 14 Blooming Fields and Hospital Beds 125

Chapter 15 Going the Distance 133

Chapter 16 Come to the Party 141

Chapter 17 Living with Imperfection 151

Chapter 18 When Walls Come Down 161

Chapter 19 Breathing Lessons 171

Chapter 20 Day by Day 179

Chapter 21 The Value of Every Interaction 189

Chapter 22 Expect the Unexpected 199

Chapter 23 Meeting People Where They Are 209

Chapter 24 Darkness and Light 217

Chapter 25 Simple, Clear Priorities 225

Chapter 26 Honesties 233

Chapter 27 Comedy, Tragedy, Assent 239

Chapter 28 Curious About the Familiar 247

Chapter 20 This. Here. Now 255

Chapter 30 Kindness 263

Chapter 31 The Listening Road 273

Chapter 32 Desperate Dependence, Again 283

Chapter 33 Spaces of Grace 293

Acknowledgments 297

Notes 299

About the Author 303

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