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Playing Jazz with God

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The art of discernment can be compared to playing jazz, which is an adventurous form of music. In jazz, the musicians play a standard...

The Voice of Fear and Agere Contra

Discernment Gretchen Crowder
Recently, I’ve reached a new stage of discernment: the time right after the decision has been made but no action has been taken yet....

Making Big Decisions

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In the Exercises, Ignatius describes a mode of discernment for making bigger decisions, traditionally called the election (SE 169–89). Making an election relies on...

Reframing Our Vision

Discernment Tim Muldoon
In ancient Rome, Janus was the two-faced god of beginnings and endings, but also of transitions and passages. It is therefore no surprise that...

Yellow Arrows and Discernment

Discernment Marina Berzins McCoy
Several years ago, I was blessed with a chance to walk part of the Camino de Santiago. Each day, we awoke early, put on...

The Grace We Need

Discernment Vinita Hampton Wright
No matter how pure our motives and how flawless our discernment process, we depend on God's grace ultimately to help us make not only...

How God Gets Our Attention

Discernment Joseph Tetlow, SJ
Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ, responds to the question, “How does God get our attention?” He explains these points in the video: Attention involves the whole...

Job and Desolation

Discernment Tim Muldoon
Job, we are told, was a righteous man, graced by God with all manner of blessing. But when Satan struck a wager with God...

Follow the Joy

Discernment Vinita Hampton Wright
From time to time, we feel the need to understand better what our gifts are. I think this is particularly true at certain stages...

We Can’t Be Anything We Want to Be

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It’s normal for children to dream of becoming superheroes and unicorns and all sorts of things they cannot become. But we need to grow...
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