{"id":201398,"date":"2016-01-19T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=201398"},"modified":"2016-01-18T22:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T04:16:14","slug":"discernment-fr-mike-schmitz-peter-kreeft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/discernment-fr-mike-schmitz-peter-kreeft\/","title":{"rendered":"You, Too, Can Discern the Will of God (Review of Fr. Mike Schmitz and Peter Kreeft)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little over a year ago, I reviewed a book about discernment, decision-making, and the will of God<\/a> by a non-Catholic Bible scholar and teacher, Gary Friesen. I haven’t run out of things to discern in the meantime, though, so this year, I decided to share some Catholic advice. In the spirit of teaching to all levels and encouraging the wise stewardship of one’s time, I offer you a video by Fr. Mike Schmitz and an article by Peter Kreeft. Your first point of discernment is whether to learn from both or just one!<\/p>\n

Since this is the 21st century and Internet attention spans are short, Fr. Mike Schmitz recorded a brief video to answer a question on many young minds (and some not-so-young ones). He is one of my favorite preachers, hands-down. Not all priests are good at giving homilies, and still fewer can also preach outside of Mass. He nails it. His main focus is campus ministry<\/a>, but I never feel like he’s talking down to me. Yes, this is a vertical video, but in under 8 minutes, Fr. Mike manages to give 3 excellent guiding questions for discernment.<\/p>\n