Zoom Services at St. Mary's: A New Kind of Listening

The Rev. Christine Marie

September 23, 2021

Listening Hearts

For me, one of the miracles of the past year has been Zoom services at St. Mary’s. Since the beginning of COVID, we have gathered nearly 200 times online, for Wednesday and Friday morning prayer, and evening prayer. (In addition, the Spanish Zoom service meets each week.)

At first, I was skeptical. Can people really feel the energy and presence of God and of other people on a computer screen?

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The Rev. Christine Marie

October 2, 2019

Listening Hearts

Anam Cara: Group Spiritual Direction at St. Mary’s

The Rev. Christine Marie

October 2, 2019

Listening Hearts

“Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come into being.” Teilhard de Chardin here points to the dynamics at play in spiritual community—our desire for God and for one another. Thich Nhat Hanh calls this “interbeing”: “We cannot just be by ourselves alone. We have to inter-be with every other thing.”