The Soul of Discernment: A Spiritual Practice for Communities and Institutions

The Soul of Discernment provides concrete steps for groups of people who work together and need to make important decisions: church sessions nonprofit hiring committees etc. Liebert calls this process the Social Discernment Cycle a process for seeking Gods call in a particular situation. “It is called ‘social because it deals primarily with human communities in their social-structural rather than interpersonal aspects� Liebert explains. “It is a cycle because one completed round of discernment prepares for the next. The Social Discernment Cycle is particularly apt for any discernment that involves a structure system or institution.� This book helps groups work through this cycle to answer the question “How is God leading us individually or together to act in this particular moment in our organization?�