You Have a Calling
Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful

"God does create each of us according to his plans and purposes. And he gives us desires to draw us toward his purposes...Desires often run deeper, more quietly, perhaps even hidden from ourselves." "God will cultivate within us desires for the good things he has for us" Oh let us all have faith eno......more

First of all, this book is physically beautiful — fitting I think for what Prior writes about calling as true, beautiful, and good. :) It’s a helpful, short read on calling, vocation, and passion. Although I got a little distracted by some of the more philosophical paragraphs on the “transcendentals......more

I really liked the distinctions between passion, vocation, avocation, etc. Even though I came to this book fairly confident that I have things sorted out as it comes to vocation and calling, there was definitely a time in my life when I didn't, and I wish this book had existed back then. (4.5 stars)......more

As an Evangelical teenager, the idea of finding my calling was daunting — like there were right and wrong decisions about how I should pursue my future plans, like it was necessary to find some assurance of certainty. But that rigidity is not what characterizes Karen Swallow Prior’s book. I picked th......more

This well written book grew out of a talk the author gave in 2021 at an event hosted by the Rabbit Room. The author tells us that she is not going to tell us what our calling is, but hopes that the book will help show us how to discover and fulfill the various callings that unfold throughout our liv......more