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One Year of Merkaba Temple: A Living Community of Practice

  • Christopher Shaw
  • 5 days ago
  • 3 min read

Updated: 4 days ago

Co-Founder, ArcherShaw

One year ago this Sunday, we pressed "Go Live" for the very first time.


We had no audience to speak of. No guarantees. No roadmap.


Only a simple conviction: That people everywhere were hungry for a spirituality rooted not in fear, dogma, or division—but in direct experience, compassion, contemplation, and transformation.



Fifty-one Sundays later, that conviction has only grown stronger.


This weekend, Merkaba Temple celebrates one full year of live weekly online services, and as we pause to reflect, we find ourselves filled with profound gratitude.


Not simply because of the numbers. But because behind every number is a human being.


Someone who meditated. Someone who cried. Someone who found hope. Someone who remembered that they were never alone.


A Year of Showing Up


Every single Sunday for the past year, we have gathered together across countries, cultures, traditions, and backgrounds to create a sacred space where seekers of every path are welcome.


Together we have explored meditation, mindfulness, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shaivism, non-duality, psychology, recovery, relationships, purpose, forgiveness, compassion, and the timeless wisdom that connects them all.


Week after week, this community has shown us that the hunger for authentic spiritual conversation is very real.


One Year by the Numbers


Over the past year, together we have created:


Including:


Some of this year's most-read articles include:


These numbers are deeply encouraging—not because they represent success, but because they represent conversations that continue long after the livestream ends.


More Than Content


We never wanted to become another content channel. We wanted to become a community. A place where people could arrive exactly as they are. Where questions are welcomed. Where ancient wisdom and modern psychology can sit at the same table. Where people recovering from addiction can pray beside lifelong meditators. Where Christians, Buddhists, yogis, atheists, therapists, mystics, and seekers discover that Truth is often larger than the labels we've inherited.

That has always been the heart of Merkaba Temple.


To Everyone Who Has Walked With Us


Whether you've joined us live every Sunday...

Watched a replay months later...

Read one blog post...

Listened to a podcast...

Shared a sermon...

Invited a friend...

Or simply held this work in your prayers...

Thank you.


You have helped create something beautiful.


Every view, every comment, every message, every shared experience has reminded us that spiritual community is still possible in our modern world.


We're Just Getting Started


The first year was about planting seeds. The second year is about growing deeper.


In the coming year you'll see expanded teachings, more guided meditations, interviews, retreats, podcasts, writings, and new opportunities to practice together—both online and in person.


Our mission remains exactly the same: To help people awaken to the love, wisdom, and freedom that have always been present within them.


From the bottom of our hearts...

Thank you for making this first year possible.


Here's to another year of practice.

Another year of community.

Another year of remembering who we truly are.


With gratitude,


Om Namah Shivaya. Om Guru Om.

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