12. Recognizing and Responding to God Part 2 w/ Grace Wilkinson On this episode, Scott and Grace continue the conversation about Discernment. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, please pause and listen first as this discussion builds off of the last one. If you have listened, here’s a quick recap: Discernment is a word that is used a lot, but equally misunderstood. In fact, we typically use the term deciding or decision-making as a synonym for discernment. It’s the class square-rectangle scenario—A square is a rect-angle, but a rectangle is not a square—in the same way that discernment involves decisions, but decisions are not the same thing as discernment. So, what is discernment? Great question! We borrowed a working-definition from a shared mentor of ours, Ruth Haley Barton. In her book, Pursing God’s Will together, she describes discernment as: "An increasing capacity to both recognize and respond to God in the ordinary moments and the major decisions. I.e., it’s a way of being attentive in life that develops over time into the ability to sense God’s heart and purpose in any given moment." Recommended Resources: Ruth Haley Barton's, Pursuing God's Will Together Spiritual Practices to seek God together: http://www.DIVEintoFLOOD.com/Rest Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mural (San Diego) Seeing Church History: The Color of Compromise, by Jemar Tisby