God Speaks, God Listens Too

The God who shares power is a listener. Listening is not something that becomes necessary for God only after the world is created. Listening is who God is. In God’s very being, communication does not move unilaterally but flows back and forth and around the three persons of the Trinity—Father, Son, Holy Spirit. 

The triune nature of God puts listening right at the center of the universe. God is love, and love requires listening. The inner workings of the divine life are held together by a self-giving, reciprocating and…