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Call, The : Finding and fulfilling the central purpose of your life

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Outline : Everything we are. Everything we have. Everything we do.
THE CALL
For more than three decades, the subject of calling has burned in the heart of Os Guinness. Here he sets out the truth like a priceless gem, turning it toward the light, examining facet after facet. The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life is especially written for those who feel a deep longing to understand their unique life-purpose the ultimate "why" for living. Who feels such a longing? Guinness writes, "Teenagers feel it as the world of freedom beyond home and school beckons with a dizzying range of choices; Graduate students confront it when the excitement of 'the world my oyster' is chilled by the thought that opening up one choice means closing down others, Those in their early thirties know it when their daily work assumes its own brute reality, People in midlife face it when a mismatch between their gifts and their work reminds them daily that they are square pegs in round holes. Can they see themselves 'doing that for the rest of their lives'? Mothers feel it when their children grow up and they wonder which high purpose will fill the void People in their forties and fifties with enormous success suddenly come up against it when their very accomplishments raise questions concerning the purpose of their lives. Those in their later years often face it again. What does life add up to? Were the successes real and were they worth the trade-off? This book is for all who long to find and full the purpose of their loves. It argues that such purpose can be found only when we discover the purpose for which we were created and to which we are called." There are no quick, easy answers to the myriad questions that surround calling. There are no formulas, steps, or programs that guarantee the discovery of a divine master plan, but The Call sets out the principles for all who seek their life's central purpose.
* How do I discover my calling?
* What does it have to do with identity and personal growth?
* Is calling only a spiritual idea or does it cover secular life too?
* How does calling affect work, career, and ideas of success?
Does calling make a difference when we are unemployed or retired?
Os Guinness writes "calling is not what it is commonly thought to be. It has to be dug out from under the rubble of ignorance and confusion. And uncomfortably it often flies directly in the face of our human inclinations. But no idea short of God's call can ground and fulfill the truest human desire for purpose and fulfillment."
In the tradition of C.S. Lewis and Oswald Chambers, internationally renowned author and thinker Os Guiness has penned a classic reflective work on life's purpose. Thoughtfully conceived and elegantly written, The Call will be read and re-read today, and treasured by generations tomorrow. With his unusual incisiveness, Guinness goes past our superficial understanding to the very heart of what calling means. Far bigger than our jobs, deeper than our personal accomplishments, higher than our wildest ideas of self-fulfillment, calling addresses the very essence of our existence. Yet calling is not only history's "ultimate why" for individual purpose and meaning, it is an explosive truth that has changed history - and can do so again.

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248.4

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Nashville, Tennessee, USA : Word Publishing., 1998

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249 hal

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English

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0-8499-1291-1

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248.4

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