https://tur-ciderdev-en.onadvantagecs.com:443/contributors/stephen-v-doughtyStephen V. Doughty served for over two decades in parish ministry and for ten years as the executive presbyter for the seventy-one congregations of Lake Michigan Presbytery. A regular contributor to Weavings, he is currently engaged in a full-time ministry of retreat leadership and writing. He and his wife, Jean, live in Otsego, Michigan.https://tur-ciderdev-en.onadvantagecs.com:443/product/the-way-of-discernment-participant-s-book<p><span style="font-size:1.5em; font-weight:bold;"><a style="font-style:italic;" href="http://bookstore.upperroom.org/Products/9959/the-way-of-discernment-leaders-guide.aspx">The Way of Discernment Leader's Guide</a> is also available.</span></p> <p>How do you discover God's guidance for personal and congregational decisions? Explore paths to clarity in <em>The Way of Discernment</em>, a 10-week study for small groups.</p> <p>Who is this book designed for?</p> <div style="margin: 5px 15px;"> <ul> <li>People yearning to hear the Holy Spirit's guidance</li> <li>Individuals looking for direction in vocation or life changes</li> <li>Church leaders seeking clarity about their congregation's distinctive mission</li> <li>Christians searching for God's will in matters of belief, ethics, and faithful living</li> </ul> </div> <p>Part of the Companions in Christ series, <em>The Way of Discernment</em> offers a biblical, theological, and practical framework for understanding the practice of discernment. Sessions include</p> <div style="margin: 5px 15px;"> <ul> <li>The Beckoning of Discernment</li> <li>The Heart of Discernment</li> <li>Fruit as Touchstones</li> <li>Core Identity as Touchstone</li> <li>Growing in the Gift</li> <li>In the Hard Places</li> <li>Communal Discernment: Beginnings</li> <li>Communal Discernment: Going Farther</li> <li>Elements of Perpetual Challenge</li> <li>The All-Encompassing Audience</li> </ul> </div>Thu, 05 May 2022 20:38:57 GMThttps://tur-ciderdev-en.onadvantagecs.com:443/product/the-way-of-discernment-participant-s-bookhttps://tur-ciderdev-en.onadvantagecs.com:443/product/to-walk-in-integrity<p>"Naming where we see crisis can upset us," writes Doughty. "It probably ought to. Distress, at its best, creates awareness. It awakens us to where we are."</p> <p>The Chinese symbol for crisis reflects its dual reality: danger yet opportunity. Even as a crisis threatens, it can bring wholly unanticipated chances for personal and communal growth. At such critical junctures, you want to know you can count on the sound, discerning counsel of genuine leaders—who seem so short in supply right now.</p> <p>Our troubled world needs spiritual leadership now more than ever. Doughty's <em>To Walk in Integrity</em> provides a model for spiritual leadership in times of crisis. Examining the biblical understanding of integrity, he identifies 9 key qualities. He tells powerful stories of people who acted with integrity in difficult situations despite great personal cost.</p> <p>Each chapter includes guidance for personal meditation and group reflection. Clergy and lay leaders will find inspiration and challenge in this timely book.</p> <p>By examining patterns of daily living and choices, readers not necessarily involved in leadership roles also will be encouraged to follow the practical ingredients for a life of integrity.</p> <p>Each chapter ends with two sets of questions: one for personal reflection and one for group reflection.</p>Thu, 05 May 2022 20:25:47 GMThttps://tur-ciderdev-en.onadvantagecs.com:443/product/to-walk-in-integrity