Discussion Questions:

1. Are you a good listener? Who do you know that’s a good listener? What’s that person like?
2. Why do you think we have such a hard time listening? What are the spiritual and cultural factors that make listening so hard?
3. What are your spiritual practices for listening? CBR? The sermon? What spiritual practices for listening do you need to put in place in your life?
4. In the parable of the Sower there are four kinds of soil. Which are you?
5. The teaching of the parable can be summarized by Jesus’ words, “Take care how you hear” (Luke 8:18). What does that mean for you? How would you apply Jesus’ warning to your life?