The Listening Road

Neil Tomba sets off on a bike across America with the purpose of starting conversations about God.

Tomba is a pastor in a church near Dallas who is dismayed with the divisiveness, the bitterness, the acrimony he sees and hears in America today, and he hopes to do something about it by encouraging others to share their thoughts and feelings and stories and by listening intently, without judgment and with little comment, when they do.

His 3,000 mile bike ride is a great success. He has conversations with many people, with diverse beliefs and opinions and experiences. Tomba finds a new acceptance of the importance of listening to others over talking to others, of the importance of allowing God to lead rather than trying to control situations.

I'm inspired to make my walk during these last years of my life down a listening road, to follow where God leads rather than striking off on my own path. Thank you, Neil Tomba.