Influential preacher Charles Spurgeon said, "Discernment is not simply a matter of telling the difference between what is right and wrong; rather it is the difference between right and almost right." ...

In Pope Francis recent interview with America magazine he frequently references “discernment.” Though many are aware of what he means by this, those who have never been exposed to Ignatian ...

The word discernment has a central, even critically important place in the development of “The Joy of Love,” Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation on the family. In referring to discernment ...

Discerning the will of God means being able to listen to one's own heart and recognize the Lord's presence in the unexpected events of life, Pope Francis said. Like St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose ...

One word that occurs repeatedly in Pope Francis’s new apostolic exhortation on the family and love is “discernment.” For Jesuits like the pope, the word is not a generic phrase but one with a specific ...

Do a deep dive into every aspect of the decision before you. The more you dig in, the more you will know. With a greater knowledge and understanding of the good, the bad, and the risks involved in ...

Judge Webster Brewer added a practical hands-on angle to a 1980s Indiana effort to reserve prison cells for the worst criminal offenders. Brewer, who died this month, was a Marion County Superior ...