Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #312688 in Books
• Published on: 1996-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 127 pages

Customer Reviews

Conservative Opinions, Decent Decision Making Guidelines
Decent book with solid decision making suggestions if you are seeking a way to discern God's will for your life or for certain aspects of your life. At the same time, the author tends to be incredibly conservative in his approach and uses very classic gender roles in all of his examples. I don't always agree with his view, but it's a decent read. If you have a tendency to be liberal in your faith at ALL, this may not be the book for you.

Can't Keep It
I keep having to order more copies of this book because I keep giving it away to people who are trying to make major life decisions. I really like its deeply spiritual yet down-to-earth practical approach. It is user-friendly in that it can be read in short installments, pondering over the excellent questions raised by each section. It encourages true discernment about one's life.

Inter-religious application
Though this book was written by a priest the spiritual concepts and discernment are applicable to any Judeo-Christian based faith. I have given this book to Jewish as well as Catholic friends. According to Father Scanlan there are 5 steps of discernment (I paraphrase):

consistency with God's laws
conversion - does it bring you closer to or further away from God
confirmation - external
confirmation - internal
consistency with things God has placed in your path in the past

This is a wonderful practical guide.