Gifts & Leadings
Introductions
Exercise
Appreciative Listening
Discerning Gifts
Small sharing groups
Reflections & Closing
Reference Material
- “Five Tests for Discerning a True Leading,” by Hugh Barbour, based on a chapter from his book Quakers in Puritan England. Hugh and Sirkka Barbour were Resident Friends at Friends Meeting at Cambridge from 1990–1995.
- “Learning About Leadings,” a blog post on the Earlham School of Religion website by Madeline Schaefer
- “Leading & Being Led,” Pendle Hill Pamphlet #264 by Paul Lacey.
- “Following Leadings Today,” by Marcelle Martin. Part of her series “Ten Elements of the Quaker Spiritual Journey.”