• People yearning to hear the Holy Spirit's guidance
• Individuals looking for direction in vocation or life changes
• Church leaders seeking clarity about their congregation's distinctive mission
• Christians searching for God's will in matters of belief, ethics, and faithful living

• The Beckoning of Discernment
• The Heart of Discernment
• Fruit as Touchstones
• Core Identity as Touchstone
• Growing in the Gift
• In the Hard Places
• Communal Discernment: Beginnings
• Communal Discernment: Going Farther
• Elements of Perpetual Challenge
• The All-Encompassing Audience

Marjorie J. Thompson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has served as director of the Pathways Center for Spiritual Leadership and as spiritual director to Companions in Christ, a program outgrowth of the Pathways initiative of The Upper Room. Companions in Christ is a series of small-group resources for spiritual formation in local congregations, suited to ecumenical use. Marjorie has exercised a ministry of teaching, writing, and spiritual guidance for many years.

Stephen V. Doughty served for over two decades in parish ministry and for ten years as the executive presbyter for the seventy-one congregations of Lake Michigan Presbytery. A regular contributor to Weavings, he is currently engaged in a full-time ministry of retreat leadership and writing. He and his wife, Jean, live in Otsego, Michigan.