Three Cases of Discernment - The Living Church

Three Cases of Discernment - The Living Church

Since completing my curacy in the Church of England, I’ve worked as a priest in three different contexts: ministerial formation, national ecumenical and theological work, and now a large urban multi-church parish. In each of them, discernment has featured as a key term, and one that has sometimes bothered me. “Have we taken time to discern God’s will in this situation?” is a question that readily provokes a certain awkwardness, in that it seems …