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The
Journey of Discernment
Consider this an invitation into Exploration! Get ready to:
Excavate: Uncover your gifts. Below you will
find resources that can help you start to identify your gifts.
Experience: Think you have a gift? Try it out
in service! Put your gifts to use.
Career Center Coops, Internships, service in the community, Justice
Journeys exploration seminars, Vocation Scholars Program, Job Shadowing,
talk to others who are doing what you're interested in
Examine: Reflect on your experience. What is
God revealing? What issues/concerns were you awoken to?
Where did you find great joy? What gifts do you feel God is
calling you to use again? What common themes are arising?
Evaluate: Your friends, family, and mentors can be
a great resource for bouncing your ideas about vocation. Talk
with those who know you well. Could they see you using your
gifts in this way? Is this consistent with who you are?
But remember, they may have vested interest in your future, so consider
their suggestions, but have faith that God will make your call known.
Exercise: Like a muscle, your gifts need to be exercised.
They need to be developed. Keep using them. Through
using them, God will shape and hone you and help you clarify your
call.
Concordia College Career
Center
Discover
Career Direct
Strong's Interest Inventory
Meyer's Briggs
Career Counseling
Cooperative Education and Internships
Books
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Callings: Finding
and Following an Authentic Life
Author: Gregg, Levoy.
New York, NY: Harmony Books, 1997. |
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Healing the Purpose
of Your Life
Authors: Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn and Matthew
Linn
New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1999.
An exploration of how we discover our unique calling and
develop it as a gift. Individual or small group reflection
and prayer.
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How to Find Your
Mission in Life
Author: Bolles, Richard N.
Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1999.
How to make the most of your unique gifts and find a vocation
that is personally fulfilling in the context of God.
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Let Your Life Speak:
Listening for the Voice of Vocation
Author: Palmer, Parker J.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000.
Engaging meditation on finding one's true calling.
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When God Whispers
Your Name
Author: Lucado, Max.
Nashville, TN: Word Publishing, 1994. |
Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Young Adults in
Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith
Author: Daloz, Laurent A. Parks, Cheryl H. Keen, James P. Keen,
Sharon Daloz Parks
Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.
Common Fire: Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World
Author: Gregg, Levoy.
New York, NY: Harmony Books, 1997.
Discerning God's Will
Author: Johnson, Ben Campbell
Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990.
LifeKeys: Discovering Who You Are, Why You're Here, and
What You Do Best
Author: Stark, David and Jane Kise, Sandra Krebs Hirsh, Kevin
Johnson
Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1996.
The Power of Uniqueness
Author: Miller, Arthur F., Jr.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999.
Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling
Author: Leider, Richard J., and David Shapiro
San Francisco: Berett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2001.
Website Links
www.whatsGodupto.org
www.thefund.org
www.luthersem.edu/clcw/
Centered Life
~ Centered Work Website
Prayer Sites
www.jesuit.ie/prayer/
www.methodx.net/
www.dailytext.com/
Youth Ministry Sites
www.elca.org/ya/ya-home.html
www.methodx.net/
www.theooze.com/main.cfm
Related Studies
www.exemplarym.com/
www.youthandreligion.org/
www.spirituality.ucla.edu/
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