Listening Hearts : Discerning Call in Community

This 30th anniversary edition presents the unique approach of Listening Hearts to the spiritual practice of discernment for a new generation.

Written to make the often elusive and usually clergy-centered spiritual practice of discernment accessible to all people, Listening Hearts features simple reflections and exercises drawn from scripture and from Quaker and Ignatian traditions. The seminal work in the Listening Hearts Series, this book has been a beloved resource for tens of thousands of individual readers, retreat participants, small groups, and church leaders listening for and responding to God’s call in their lives.

“With updated language, revised appendices, and added stories, Listening Hearts can impart the deep wisdom embedded in its pages to new generations of those who seek to answer the call of Jesus to ‘follow me’.” –The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

Suzanne G. Farnham is the founder of Listening Hearts Ministries and a popular speaker and retreat leader. She is the author of Retreat Designs and Meditation Exercises, and the co-author of Grounded in God and Keeping in Tune with God. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland

Joseph P. Gill is a Baltimore area attorney, active lay leader and trainer in Listening Hearts Ministries.

R. Taylor McLean was a lawyer. He served as president and trustee of the Listening Hearts Ministries Board of Trustees. He died in 2021.

Susan M. Ward is a former Listening Hearts trustee, who lives in Baltimore, where she is an active lay leader.

Eugene Taylor Sutton is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland since June 2008. He has contributed to the book The Diversity of Centering Prayer, and has written articles about preaching and spirituality. He resides in Baltimore.