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Knowing Yourself
Books to Read
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Discovering
and Using Your Spiritual and Personal Gifts
Author: Harbaugh, Gary L.
Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1988.
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Work,
Play, and Type : Achieving balance in your life
Author: Judith A. Provost
Palo Alto, CA : Consulting Psychologists Press, c1990.
Through the use of the Myers-Briggs personality
type indicators this book uses case studies and examples to
explain the proper use of your personality type. Thought-provoking
questions at the end of each chapter personalize the ideas
in the book and promote long-lasting change.
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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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Discovering
and Using Your Spiritual and Personal Gifts
Author: Harbaugh, Gary L.
Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1988.
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Life
Keys: Discovering Who You Are, Why You're Here, and What You
Do Best
Authors: Stark, David and Jane Kise, Sandra Krebs Hirsh,
Kevin Johnson.
Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1996.
Three pastors help you explore how your giftedness, personality,
values, and purpose provide the keys to a meaningful life.
Also see: www.lifekeys.com and
www.changingchurch.org/lifekeys/login/index.cfm
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Created
and Called: Discovering Our Gifts for Abundant Living
Authorf: Trumbauer, Jean Morris.
Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 1998.
A new, comprehensive approach to gifts-based ministry. Explore
the reality of the interrelationship between God's creation
in us. Discover the mission and ministry we do both as individuals
and as a community of faith. Also see: http://members.aol.com/trumbauer/
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Online Spiritual Gifts Inventories:
All Spiritual Gift inventories are not the same. You may
need to log in to gain full access to the some of these gift inventories.
Some choose to focus on certain gifts more than others and others
may differ in their choice of questions. However, through prayer
and some searching you will be able to more readily identify your
God-given spiritual gifts and how to use them to further His ministry
in this world.
- Spiritual Gifts Discovery Tool. www.cforc.com/sgifts.html
Ramsey, Peg. Lord of Life Lutheran Church. Prince
of Peace Lutheran Church. Used by permission of the Texas
District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. "In
His Service" materials.
- LifeKeys Gift Assessment. www.changingchurch.org/lifekeys/login/index.cfm
David Stark, Jane Kise, Sandra Krebs Hirsh, Kevin Johnson.
Life Keys: Discovering Who You Are, Why You're Here, and What
You Do Best. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers,
1996.
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