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DISCOVERING OUR CALLING
We left off our series with the question of how do we discover our calling. While I will give some specifics along the way, I think the first act we need to engage in if we want to discover our calling is by listening to our lives. Parker Palmer in Let Your Life Speak shares with us some wise words on the importance of listening to our lives. Listen in...
"Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening. I must listen to my life and try to understand what it is truly about - quite apart from what I would like it to be about - or my life will never represent anything real in the world, no matter how earnest my intentions. That insight is hidden in the world vocation itself, which is rooted in the Latin for "voice." Vocation does not mean a goal that I pursue. It means a calling that I hear. Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am."
As we continue this series, I will share some specific ways you can listen to your life. I need to let you know that the next piece in this series will probably be next week, due to the fact this week is exam week for me. I will have some other posts this week, but continue this series next week.
Keywords: calling, community, embodying, emerging church, missional church, sacred text, walk with God
