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 | Bookshelf: Writings on Vocation |
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 | A Sacred Voice Is Calling: Personal Vocation and Social Conscience, by John Neafsey How do the needs of the world guide our choices about what to do with our lives?
What does it mean to find and follow our personal calling? How do we distinguish between the "still, small voice" of our authentic vocation and all of the other competing counterfeit voices in ourselves and in our culture? Specifically, how do we balance the inward listening to our hearts and the need to listen with our hearts to the realities and needs of our world?
Drawing widely on the wisdom of saints, sages, and the traditions of spiritual direction, Neafsey describes a path to living in the place, as Frederick Buechner has put it, "where our deep gladness and the world?s deep hunger meet."
"In a world of systemic distraction, exhausting consumerism, and insideous injustice, both younger and older adults will find in John Neafsey's thoughtful, often moving, and inspiring excavation of vocation, social conscience, and the prophetic tradition a compelling tug to the Center--an awakening to the cry of those who bear most of the social cost and to the sacred within, among, and beyond us. This book offers a pathway to our authentic homeplace within the ecology of Life." - Sharon Daloz Parks, author, Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Young Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith
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 | Transforming Vocation, by Sam Portaro In the Episcopal Church, it seems the only real purpose and end of Christian discernment is professional ordination, either to the priesthood or to the vocational diaconate. This book deals with such questions as, How can both communities and individuals discern a call from God within the vocations and tasks in which they find themselves? How can the Church deal creatively with its confusion about the differing roles and authority of ordained and lay ministers?
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 | Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation, by Parker J. Palmer With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, he shares insights gained from darkness and depression as well as fulfillment and joy, illuminating a pathway toward vocation for all who seek the true calling of their lives.
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 | Crossing the Jordan: Meditations on Vocation, by am Portaro Who am I, where am I going, and how do I find a life of my own? What is my calling? These questions are urgent for us all, and they were no less urgent for Jesus in youth and young adulthood. In these meditations on finding our place in the world, Sam Portaro invites his readers to navigate the turning points of their own lives by reflecting on the life of Jesus as he came to discover that he was called by God. This book helps inform our own sense of vocation and calling by exploring aspects of Jesus' vocation as it was gradually revealed to him over the course of his life. Vocation, Portaro writes, does not come as a bolt from the blue, but emerges gradually from our history, the events and people of our lives. He then sets out to show us how the life of Jesus and the words of Scripture can become part of this conversation.
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 | Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community, by Suzanne G. Farnham, R. Taylor McLean, Susan M. Ward, and Joseph P. Gill This seminal work in the Listening Hearts series draws on centuries of classic Christian literature and “the silence of prayerful listening” to show how to recognize and define God’s call. It explains how to eliminate barriers and prepare one’s heart to receive that call—whether it is emphatic, subtle, or seemingly obscure.
The authors address the challenge of remaining faithful and attentive to God’s call and tell how a faith community can be a source of spiritual, psychological, physical, and financial support.
Listening Hearts is designed for use in prayer and meditation and as the basis for group discussion. It provides suggestions on forming discernment groups and ministries, questions to raise in discerning call, as well as an informal history of the ministry and its research methods.
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