When we worship we often find ourselves connected to each other in ways that we don’t experience in our “regular” lives. Rather than just saying hello, we make eye contact with friends and strangers. Instead of just asking “how are you?” we hear each others’ prayers and pray for each other. When we come together with intention and pay attention, listening for God’s still, small voice, we find ourselves feeling less alone, less simply one individual person at a certain date and time, and more in touch with a “great cloud of witnesses” and all of humanity, more connected with the divine, and with God’s ongoing and ever-changing beloved creation.