Institute for Leadership & Service Director of Service Learning Timothy Hipskind, S.J., co-authored the book, What’s Your Decision?: How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity. It will be featured at the Mass for Commerce on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. The book emerged out of a series of workshops that Fr. Tim attended with co-author Michael Sparough, while working in the Charis Young Adult retreat program between 2000-05.

Book synopsis:

Do you have an effective decision making process in place, one that you can consistently rely on to help you make good decisions? Most people don’t, and as a result they are never quite certain if they have made the best choice, and if their final decision was truly a good decision.

In What’s Your Decision?, a fast-moving, personal and highly practical book, the authors introduce readers to a time-tested Ignatian approach to effective decision making. Based on the insights of St. Ignatius, the book addresses common questions such as “What’s important and what’s not when it comes to making decisions? Can I ever trust my gut? What do I really want?”

Ultimately, What’s Your Decision? helps us understand that a God decision always precedes a good decision: When we invite God—who cares deeply about what we do—into the decision-making process, we find the freedom to make the best choice.