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Vocation: Sermon by the Rev. Jack Zamboni

"When I run into friends or colleagues that I haven’t seen in a while, I often get asked if I’m still singing...

This strikes me as exceedingly strange, because it is impossible for me to imagine living without singing.  I’ve been singing in showers, churches, parks, schools and homes for as long as I can remember.  For me, singing is part of what gives my life joy, energy, and meaning.  I’m passionate about singing.  I cannot live and not sing.

I feel this way about singing because being a singer is one of my vocations – something God has called me to be and to do that sits somewhere near the center of my soul.  God has called me to other vocations, as well – child of God, husband, father, step-father, and, in case, you hadn’t noticed, priest."


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Sermon by the Rev. Phil Kasey

"But one day, a year or two after graduating I 'wandered in' … it was an Easter Day –
I wandered back in to Church – the same one I’d wandered out of 5 years before.
And my eyes were opened.
Sure, away from church I’d learned all about rock & roll & Carolina basketball,
But – what about myself ?
What about how I was gifted to serve?
What was I passionate about doing?"


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Sermon by the Rev. Paul Jeanes, III

"I'm a priest because I'm scared of the dark, but I'm given the amazing privilege of testifying to the Light."

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Awakened to a Calling
The Fund for Theological Education (FTE) annually invites our nation's premier preachers to address a group of young adults who are considering a vocation in pastoral ministry. As part of the FTE's honoring of their outgoing president, Dr. James Waits, for his remarkable service, they have collected these superb sermons. These eight sermons on vocation offer an important resource for high school and college students making vocational decisions, for older adults considering vocational changes, and for all who teach and mentor in the area of vocational discernment and who help others sort out a commitment to professional ministry.

The preachers are highly recognizable and respected individuals who will serve as trusted and wise guides for discerning a ministry vocation. They include Fred Craddock, Walter Brueggemann, Tom Long, Barbara Brown Taylor, and Brad Braxton.

The volume includes an annotated bibliography of publications on ministry as a vocation.

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