Using Evoking Questions for Deeper Listening

Evoking questions help a person pay attention to how God or the Spirit are guiding them in any particular situation. Asking these questions is a helpful skill for more deeply listening to ourselves, others, and the quiet inner divine voice. Such questions are especially useful in spiritual friendships, clearness committees, and faithfulness groups.
In this video, four people speak about their experience using these questions. Videotaped and edited by Rachel Guaraldi, www.rachelguaraldi.com
Guidance about forming and using evoking questions, as well as other spiritual practices, is available in A Guide to Faithfulness Groups by Marcelle Martin. The guidelines for faithfulness groups, and other resources to support the spiritual journey, can be obtained at
awholeheart.com. The book can be ordered from innerlightbooks.com
Interviews were filmed at Hanover Friends Meeting and
Woolman Hill Quaker Retreat Center.
The 2019-2020 Nurturing Faithfulness program was co-sponsored by
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, Woolman Hill Quaker Retreat Center, Hilary Burgin, & Marcelle Martin. The production of teaching videos was funded by Obadiah Brown and Sarah Swift’s Benevolent Fund and New England Yearly Meeting Legacy Gift Funds.