Roshi's ramblings

This has been a very interesting read. It takes the 9 selection criteria for becoming  ordained and uses pop culture, art and film to explore them in depth and realistically. Whilst the book doesn't give you all the answers to what you need to show for the criteria it does a very good job of guiding you in reflecting upon them. In using modern culture for the examples it makes the criteria instantly more accessible and understandable to young people such as myself.   It definitely helps me as I go through each criteria. I'm currently exploring criteria B and C as part of my exploration and go back to the relevant chapters for inspiration!

Another good book on calling. I read this whilst on the SCP vocations weekend and it tied in perfectly with what I was learning about. It covers callings and vocation in an accessible and easy to read fashion that, as the title suggests, are about vocation in young people. Each chapter is based on a different person's experiences, though the editor and compiler have done a very good job of maintaining the same writing style throughout. The chapters also coincide with callings in the Bible, making them relevant to the modern day. It's a very good read if like me you are young and exploring your vocation. It's also good if you want to understand the feelings behind callings in the Bible. I highly recommend it.

The very first book I read to help me explore my call to vocation was this called or Collared by Francis Dewar.   It was the first title in the bibliography I got off the callwaiting site that jumped out at me. I found it a very illuminating and useful book. It laid out very clearly what a calling is and what vocation is. The author uses his own personal experience, as well as information provided by a wide variety of would-be-ordinands to help describe the feelings and thoughts a person may go through, as well as the myriad reasons people feel called by God to do or be something - even if this may not actually be ordination. In chapter one he addresses callings in general, before specifically talking about callings in terms of how you want to be and what you want to do in the following 2 chapters.  These first 3 highlight the difference between being called by God to ministry and being called by God to do what you are naturally good at.  In summary every...