I had agreed, along with 11 other people from my congregation, to attend a program on congregational discernment, but I was not looking forward to it. I was skeptical of the diocese’s ability to teach ...

The prevalence of the language and practice of discernment owes much to the larger movement of what Diana Butler Bass has termed "retraditioning" as well as a renewed focus on spiritual practices.

How can Christians invite God into their decision making? Liebert, who teaches spirituality at San Francisco Theological Seminary, says that discernment is about aligning human will with God’s. Unlike ...

How will I know what is real? And how have we ever known? An antidote to this flattening is a renewed consciousness of discernment. Use it or lose it. And, at the very least, we have misplaced it.

'We often talk about voting well, and voting well requires some form of prudent judgment that is sharpened and clarified through a process called discernment' With the elections coming up, ...

Interim Chancellor Hexter gave the following remarks Feb. 22 in introducing the university’s new discussion series Dialogue and Discernment: Thank you all for being here. This is the inaugural event ...