{"id":8276,"date":"2018-02-14T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=8276"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:29:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:29:26","slug":"season-3-episode-3-leaders-discerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2018\/02\/season-3-episode-3-leaders-discerning\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 3: Episode 3 | Leaders Who are Discerning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magical thinking not allowed in this episode\u2026 ok not in any episode. Steve leads by pondering whether the western church needs to make a confession. In this episode, Ruth and Steve go deep on five foundations of discernment. Through these foundations they uncover some hard truths \u2013 leaders struggle with believing in the goodness of God and it is really hard to be human. Ruth shares a story of how discernment can be much faster than decision-making when you have leaders who are discerning. 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