How do you walk with thirst in your own desert experience?

Advent in action: are you living in the glow of discernment?

"No matter where discernment takes you, carry today's Gospel acclamation as you journey forth ..."

What adventure God is offering for you to consider?

In Sister Jacinta’s Show me a sign video, she discusses the common religious life discernment question, “Will I stay in contact with my family?” 

"... each new shape of clay," shares Sister Amy about her time with Sister Laurice at the potter's wheel, "mirrored my own transformation as a religious sister."

Will we live with eyes wide open or avert our glance, ignoring our brothers and sisters in need?

Like a scientific finding, discernment starts with a question.

Calling through quiet to her innermost spirit and that of God, and listening "to find the courage and RESPOND" is, for Sister Anita, prayer. 

Active vs. contemplative discernment: visiting communities and meeting sisters equally essential as praying for wisdom and direction.

What would happen if we woke up and fostered peace and positivity instead of hate and greed?

May the warmth of the cup, transferred to my hands, be a reminder of the warmth and love I am to extend to all who I meet today.

What happens when parents, friends experience their own moments of obscurity in your discernment?

As each bell chimed, my vision of the world widened; I've prayed for people around the globe.

What are you finding within the diversion of distraction in discernment?

Easter alleluias always come: God will not abandon you on your discernment journey.

When we say "Yes" to vocation we—like Mary—must walk the road, learning as we go, trusting God is always there.

Traveling through your own Egypt experience for the cool waters of friendship, understanding and companionship in discernment.

On the Lenten road of kindness and spiritual growth, Esther is a model for discerners.

Love: it's also what discernment—and religious life—are all about.

Does love want others to lose in order for someone to win?

Is it snowing in your world of discernment?

Trust—on the days you feel like you aren't measuring up to your discernment resolutions—in the power of prayer.

The searing questions we hear on the lips of Jesus are held in tension with this sense of Advent joy.

Discernment: following the light of daily reflection

God recognizes and welcomes us, costumed or not.

Searching and serving--every day--those on the periphery.

Are you building bridges in discernment?

Are external sources determining your interior disposition in discernment?

Olympics and religious discernment: to win not a gold medal but a relationship with God, you don't have to be a skilled athlete of prayer.

Would your life be different if Jesus and your relationship and your beliefs were unwrapped?

How does your calendar tell the story of chronos and kairos in your life?

Ask yourself: are you seeing discernment from new heights? A different point of view?

When I am discerning I’m not always sure where I’m going, and often times someone else is driving. That someone else may be God ...

Traveling through the waters of discernment