{"id":122499,"date":"2025-06-18T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=122499"},"modified":"2025-06-18T03:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:08:59","slug":"when-words-can-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=122499","title":{"rendered":"When Words Can Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&rsquo;s Note: Our June 2025 mini&#x2d;series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses the topic of listening skills in biblical counseling. In this second article, Darby Strickland explains how in times of tragedy and deep sorrow, our presence and a ministry of listening can be the greatest gift we can offer. In other contributions to the series, Joe Hussung shares how to use reflections as a tool&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org\/2025\/06\/18\/when-words-can-wait\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world that rushes to speak, &#8220;When Words Can Wait&#8221; invites us to rediscover the healing power of presence. Through rich biblical reflection and counseling insight, we explore how listening, being attentive, patient, and grace-filled, can restore dignity, rebuild trust, and reflect the very heart of Christ. Whether you are walking with someone through sorrow or simply learning to love better, this piece offers a vision for ministry that begins not with answers, but with ears. Continue Reading \u2192<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":122501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[279],"tags":[676,5361,708,2185],"class_list":["post-122499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblical-counseling-coalition-bcc","tag-listening","tag-mini-series","tag-people-who-offer-care","tag-people-who-train-caregivers","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-bcc-site-icon-1-32x32-10.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122502,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122499\/revisions\/122502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}