Finding Your Calling - A Primer

Today I’m going try and tackle, in an introductory way, the subject of calling, what it means to find your calling, and some suggestions on how to do that. And the reason I say this is introductory is that calling is something that unfolds over time in the context of a relationship with God. And neither I nor anyone else can help you sort out your calling in a 30-60 minute podcast where it’s just me talking to you.

 

So this is us dipping our toes into the water, hopefully getting ourselves sorted out and moving in the right direction, and learning to avoid some of the common ways we get tripped up in our search for our calling in the modern world.

 

Join me today as we discuss:

 

1. Some o the reasons why calling is so difficult to sort out.

2. Five common misconceptions about calling.

3. Two important precursors to finding your calling.

4. Ten questions to aid you in sorting out your own calling.

5. Why you just can't find your calling by yourself.

6. The thing that is far more important than having a calling.

 

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Thanks for listening!

 

And remember, you are greatly loved.

 

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Resources for Today’s Show:

1. David G. Benner, The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery (2015).

 

2. Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation (2006).

 

3. Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabille, The Road Back to You (2016).

 

4. Gordon Marino, “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’”, May 17, 2014 (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/a-life-beyond-do-what-you-love/)