decision making

Books

Practicing Discernment Together

Finding God’s Way Forward in Decision Making

By Lon Fendall, Jan Wood and Bruce Bishop

The Way of Discernment

Spiritual Practices for Decision Making

By Elizabeth Liebert

Decide or discern

Dec 16, 2010 by Martin B. Copenhaver

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.

From the Editors

Majority rule?

Church decision making
Jun 16, 2009
Democracy is a wonderful form of government, especially compared to the alternatives. Giving everybody a vote provides a nonviolent means of managing conflict and of holding leaders accountable to the will of the majority.
Features

Out of silence

The practice of congregational discernment
Apr 03, 2007 by Amy Frykholm
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 a nonbureaucratic method of reaching decisions, and I was also skeptical about our group’s ability to discern anything.
From the Editors

Contending with the saints

Discerning God's will, not imposing our own
May 22, 2002
The season of denominational assemblies is upon us.