Discernment: A Primer
We’re embarking on a season of discernment in the congregation I’m serving as Interim Lead Pastor. There is a difference between discerning and merely deciding. To decide is human, but to discern is divine.
"Living Out the Verbs of Our Lives: Transitioning into Retirement"
I retired last year after forty years of congregational ministry.
Colleagues asked, "What made you decide it was time?" "What's it like?"
I answer, "It's a transition. I'm figuring it out as I go."
Here is my six-month report of discerning my call to the next chapter of my life.