This guide provides everything you need to prepare and lead small-group studies. The Way of Discernment provides:
- Principles of personal and group discernment
- Daily exercises to help you move from information to experience
- Weekly meeting plans designed for group sharing and worship
- Penetrating questions to aid the process of discernment
The 10-week study focuses on the ancient spiritual discipline of discernment for individuals, congregations, or larger bodies of the church. In addition to a preparatory meeting, sessions include:
- The Beckoning of Discernment
- The Heart of Discernment
- Fruit as Touchstones
- Core Identity as Touchstone
- Growing in the Gift
- In the Hard Places
- Communal Discernment: Beginnings
- Communal Discernment: Going Farther
- Elements of Perpetual Challenge
- The All-Encompassing Audience
The Leader's Guide contains step-by-step instructions for sessions and a list of materials needed for the weekly group meetings.