Do you need a Listening Heart?

Are you facing a difficult decision, or feel you are at a crossroad in life? Perhaps the Listening Hearts Ministry may be of help to you.

Welcome to the Listening Hearts Ministry – “a community of prayerful people trained to be present with others at such spiritual crossroads in our lives. Anyone may ask to meet with a Listening Hearts group to gather in prayer concerning this moment when you are seeking God’s guidance, God’s presence, God’s will.” ¹

Listening Hearts Ministry “holds a vision of the church as a community of faith, eager for God’s guidance, alert to signs of the Spirit and alive with the prayer of deep listening.” ²

Seeking to make discernment a common spiritual practice at St. Paul’s Cathedral, the ministry helps individuals and groups hear and respond to God’s call in their lives by providing trained discernment groups who pray, meditate and listen with them.

Persons seeking the guidance of God within a Christian community, and who want to try to resolve issues that have arisen in their lives, may contact:Susan Ward at 619.437.7287 or susanward961@sbcglobal.net. Susan will introduce the spiritual discernment process and provide an overview of how discernment may benefit. A spiritual discernment session will be scheduled.

The Listening Hearts Experience – “is typically a one time meeting of about three hours. The person or group seeking the session is asked to write a brief description about the question they are seeking discernment of God’s will. This is shared with the team of three people before the session so all might be in prayer about the issue even before the session takes place.

Those requesting a session are asked to read Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community and groups also read Grounded in God: Listening Hearts Discernment for Group Deliberations. During the session, all will sit in silent prayer and team members will ask questions as they feel moved to do so by the Spirit - questions that contribute to a gradual process of spiritual clarification and discernment. The person or group seeking the session may ask for a follow up session if they feel the need for further discernment.”¹


 . . . . . turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul – Deut. 30:10


1. Monday, 31 December 2007; http://www.indydio.org/diocese/
2. Excerpt from: Listening Hearts Mission Statement
Compiled and Adapted from: http://www.listeninghearts.org/programs_LH.htm and