But there is also frequently the sense -- conveyed in commentary between friends, or shared glances -- that while keeping up with the Joneses may be tough financially, it would be dead easy if taste, discernment and good sense were the criteria.
Even if you'd read "Pride and Prejudice" a dozen times (starting, presumably, at the age of ten), there still was room to grow, if not in devotion then in discernment.
If our discernment is not based on the actual flow of cause and effect, it will be weaker.
He, too, embraced color -- kiwi, orange, fuchsia -- but it came as a full-on attack and without a great deal of discernment, as if the need to be topical overran critical judgment.
On the other hand, Riva, who will turn 86 on the night of the awards, has become the de rigueur choice for those in Hollywood who wish to signal their discernment, even if they hadn't heard of the actress before last Tuesday.
Neuroimaging, brain imagining technologies (BIT) generally, and advanced lie-detection raise critical questions about whether secret thoughts should be available for discernment, and if so under what circumstances (Presidential Commission 2014; Farahany 2012).
Nowhere in the Bible does it say we have to be absolutely perfect in word and deed before we can practice discernment, but if we point the finger at someone else, we need to be living right before God and have a clean conscience.
Not if I know the legendary discernment of the Independent reader.
Try to understand the beliefs, attitudes, and actions of a church's people and use discernment to see if there seems to be anything off about any of it.
Still, I haven't read enough of the Canadian writers to know if they have collectively a distinct discernment or taste that feeds on their homeland.
