Listening to God: Spiritual Formation in

Learning how to attend to what God is doing right now is the lifelong work of (and play) of the person of faith. Helping people to attend to God is the central work of the congregation. It all begins with learning to listen to God as a community and to notice what God is doing in our life together. John Ackerman offers two four-step models and several additional tools that help us attend to the mystery at the center of our lives and our congregations.

Figures	v
Foreword by Alice Mann	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
Chapter 1. LAYING A FOUNDATION	13	(16)
Chapter 2. MAPS OF THE COUNTRY	29	(14)
Chapter 3. LOVE DIFFERENTIATES	43	(16)
Chapter 4. WHERE DO WE START?	59	(20)
Chapter 5. DISCERNMENT	79	(16)
Chapter 6. MAKING AND BECOMING DISCIPLES	95	(16)
Appendix A DISCERNMENT IN THE "VISIONING PROCESS"	111	(14)
Appendix B STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN	125	(2)
Appendix C FOUR EXERCISES FOR GROUPS AND CHURCHES	127	(6)
Appendix D HANDOUTS	133	(20)
Appendix E RESOURCES	153	(2)
Notes	155	(6)
Bibliography	161

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