Discerning Calling

This is not a static bibliography. We hope to add new sources (as we search and as you recommend), and we would like to add your comments or brief reviews on any of the sources that you have read (or movies you have seen). Eventually we hope to expand the Particular Callings section into various areas of life and study. So we welcome input from various departments across campus. We also hope to develop a section we will call Novel Callings where we list good literature related to the idea of calling.

Badcock, Gary D. The Way of Life: A Theology of Christian Vocation. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2002.

Finney, Martha and Deborah Dasch. Finding Your Calling, Loving Your Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.

Guinness, Os. The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Nashville: Word Publishing, 1998.

Hardy, Lee. Fabric of This World: Inquiries into Calling, Career Choice, and the Design of Human Work. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1990.

Helm, Paul. The Callings: The Gospel in the World. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1988.

Levoy, Gregg. Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life. New York: Harmony Books, 1997.

Mahan, Brian J. and Robert Coles. Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose: Vocation and the Ethics of Ambition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2002.

Main, Bruce. If Jesus Were a Senior: Last-Minute Preparations for Post-College Life. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.

Palmer, Parker J. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Sittser, Gerald L. Discovering God’s Will. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

Smith, Gordon. Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential. Westmont, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999.

Veith, Gene Edward Jr. God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2002.