Decision Making and Spiritual Discernment

Decision Making and Spiritual Discernment
Author: Nancy Bieber
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594732892

Spiritual discernment is the traditional name for listening and responding to divine guidance. In this book you will approach decision making as an active participant, a co-creator with God in shaping your life. Drawing on twenty-five years of experience as a psychologist and fifteen years as a spiritual director, Nancy L. Bieber presents three essential aspects of Spirit-led decision making:

The Way of Discernment

The Way of Discernment
Author: Elizabeth Liebert
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611640105

We all make decisions constantly--some with careful reflection, some without much thought. But what if we understood these decisions, minor as well as major, as matters of faithful Christian living? In this helpful and encouraging book, Elizabeth Liebert introduces the practice of discernment and guides readers through the process of faithful decision making. Following the way of discernment means becoming increasingly able to notice where God is at work in the world and in one's own life--and becoming increasingly generous with one's own life in response. After briefly exploring the Christian tradition of discernment, Liebert then turns to practical steps and exercises that will help readers as they seek God's call in the midst of their decisions, allowing readers to internalize some of these practices and incorporate them into their daily lives.

Discernment

Discernment
Author: Pierre Wolff
Publisher: Liguori/Triumph
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780764809897

Based on the time-tested spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the 16th-century founder of the Jesuits who developed a systemic way of considering and making choices, this revised edition helps those who want to make fruitful choices and manage decisions with faithfulness to God.

Discerning the Will of God

Discerning the Will of God
Author: Timothy M. Gallagher
Publisher: Crossroad Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780824524890

Drawing from the timeless methods of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, this thoughtful meditation is enriched with examples and stories that offer practical and profound wisdom for aligning personal desires and goals with God's will.

Discerning God's Will Together

Discerning God's Will Together
Author: Danny E. Morris
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 156699506X

Bible study, research, and fieldwork merge in this book of practical principles for decision making by spiritual discernment. The step-by-step approach can be used to help any size group learn a new way to make decisions--a way that is interactive, spiritual, and rooted in faith practices and community. Small groups, committees, church boards, church leaders at all levels, and seminary professors will find this book valuable. This is a revised and updated version of the book, originally published in 1997. This new version inclused revised and updated material, as well as a new introduction by Charles Olsen.

Manresa

Manresa
Author: Saint Ignatius (of Loyola)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1881
Genre: Meditations
ISBN:

Pursuing God's Will Together

Pursuing God's Will Together
Author: Ruth Haley Barton
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830869786

Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world. Ruth Haley Barton, president of the Transforming Center, helps teams transition to a much more fitting model—the spiritual community that practices discernment together.

What's Your Decision

What's Your Decision
Author: J. Michael Sparough
Publisher: Loyola Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0829432981

Discover a time-tested approach to making good decisions Do I go to graduate school? Whom should I marry? Should I change careers? What do I do with my life now that I'm retired? All of us have important decisions to make—decisions that radically alter our lives. Yet without a sound process in place for making key decisions, we are likely to question whether or not our final decision was a good decision; more to the point, we will never feel fully confident that our decision was what God truly desired for us. What's Your Decision? presents a time-tested, trustworthy approach to decision making based on the insights of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits and the author of the Spiritual Exercises, one of history's most influential spiritual texts. Throughout this fast-moving and highly practical book, the authors present an "Ignatian toolkit" for making sound choices and provide answers to many common questions such as What's important and what's not when it comes to making choices? Do I trust my gut? What do I really want? Ultimately, What's Your Decision? helps us understand that a God decision always precedes a good decision: When we invite God—who cares deeply about what we do—into the decision-making process, we find the freedom to make the best choice.

The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment (Foreword by John MacArthur)

The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment (Foreword by John MacArthur)
Author: Tim Challies
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2007-12-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433520524

Spiritual discernment is good for more than just making monumental decisions according to God's will. It is an essential, day-to-day activity that allows thoughtful Christians to separate the truth of God from error and to distinguish right from wrong in all kinds of settings and situations. It is also a skill-something that any person can develop and improve, especially with the guidance in this book. Written by a leading evangelical blogger, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment is an uplifting, scripturally grounded work that explains the need for discernment, its challenges, and the steps that will cultivate it. Author Tim Challies does not do the discerning for readers; he simply shows them how to practically apply scriptural tools, principles, and wisdom so that their conclusions about everything-people, teachings, decisions, media, and organizations-will be consistent with God's Word.

Sacred Compass

Sacred Compass
Author: J. Brent Bill
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1557257256

“Brent Bill has written one of the finest books on discernment and divine guidance that I have seen in a very long time.” –Richard J. Foster How do you discover God’s will for your life – every day? Sacred Compass offers a fresh and deeper way of living a God-directed life. J. Brent Bill draws on the quiet beauty of the Quaker path to show how spiritual discernment is more about sensing God’s gracious presence than it is about making the right decisions. As you use this book to chart your own spiritual course, you will find yourself led to unexpected places, comforted by the knowledge that God uses all of our experiences to bring us close. “Sacred Compass is the perfect companion for those seeking to follow God in the way of Jesus in the midst of the realities of 21st century life. Brent Bill graciously and passionately opens the pathway of the spiritual practice of discernment for the novice and deepens the possibilities for the well experienced. This book will serve as a revelation for many and well could be the start of a revolution for a new generation Christians.” -- Doug Pagitt, Pastor of Solomon’s Porch and Author of A Christianity Worth Believing “Sacred Compass celebrates and reassures that on this engaging, glorious, bewildering human journey, we individually and communally carry with us an ever present divine source of navigation.” — Carrie Newcomer, Rounder recording artist, The Geography of Light