Discernment: reading the signs of daily life

Embracing the practice in solitude and community

Distinguishing spirits of truth and falsehood

Read the way forward

Read the book of nature

Pay attention to people in your path

Discern the signs of the times

Test the call: discerning vocation

Open your heart: discerning divine presence

Remember who you are: discerning identity

Know the time: when to act, when to wait, when to be led

Discerning the hidden wholeness

Appendix A. We drink from our own wells: discernment and liberation / Henri Nouwen

Appendix B. Henri Nouwen on hearing a deeper beat / Michael J. Christensen

Appendix C. Spiritual friendship and mutual discernment / Robert A. Jonas.