The Discerning Life

<p>Spiritual discernment is a key theme in the Scriptures. From the Garden when Adam and Eve turned away from the simplest terms of a relationship with God to the Garden when John the Apostle wrote the book of Revelation to a distracted people anticipating eternity discerning God has been the heart of the matter. In modern times however we have forgotten the basic premise of practicing a preference for God out of which we then are invited to live for God. Instead we have implanted strategic planning head-to-head battling and will-of-God knowing in its place. In <em>The Discerning Life</em> Stephen A. Macchia seeks to upend the one-eyed and limited Christian understandings of spiritual discernment and invite readers and leaders to reconsider how they prioritize the care of their souls the grace of their communities and the mission of their lives churches and organizations. When we have a fuller understanding of how spiritual discernment matters to the whole of our lives we will in turn encourage others to follow likewise and then lean fully into the mission mandate and message of the whole counsel of God.</p>