Foundational Podcast

Is it just me, or does it seem the majority of people have a hearing problem? More to the point, does the Church have a hearing problem? All of us have heard stories of husbands or wives who have selective hearing. You know, the man who is listening without hearing, until his wife says she is going to buy that $100.00 outfit she saw at Macy’s the other day. It is the child who hears the parent telling them it is time to clean up their mess and get ready for bed. They don’t hear until the parent, with a red face, yells their first, middle, and last name; then they pick up and get dressed for bed. Maybe it is not selective hearing but distorted hearing. The sounds do not come through clearly. Certain tones, letters or syllables are not heard clearly, distorting the communication. It results in misunderstanding and sometimes wrong steps are taken all because the instructions were not clear and what came through was completely different from what the speaker was saying. Many times a person cannot hear because th