Mary Margaret Funk is a Benedictine nun of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, Indiana. From 1994 through 2004, she served as executive director of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, which fosters dialogue among monastics of the world's religions. In addition to the volumes of the Matters Series, she is the author of Islam Is . . . : An Experience of Dialogue and Devotion and Into the Depths: A Journey of Loss and Vocation.
Sister Funk offers the reader a helpful synthesis of the theology
and practice of the Christian discernment tradition. Contemporary
readers will be gently challenged to examine and reorient the way
that they have allowed themselves to develop `the discerning
heart.' Funk's story of her personal journey will be helpful to
pastors, spiritual guides, and students of the Christian spiritual
tradition.
Howard Gray, SJ, Georgetown University
A particular value of Sr. Meg Funk's latest book is that she
doesn't speak only in generalities about discernment but gives
specific examples of how she and others have gone about making
God-centered decisions. In addition, she provides a very helpful
summary of the core teachings of classic spiritual writers like
Bro. Lawrence of the Resurrection and St. Teresa of Avila.
James Wiseman, OSB, The Catholic University of America, Author of
Spirituality and Mysticism: A Global View
This is a guide for grown-ups, a sophisticated, intricate look at
discernment, in the broad sense as: "`the Holy Spirit at work in
us."
Carol Schuck Scheiber, Horizon: Journal of the National Religious
Vocation Conference
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