Barnabas File

For each person in the ministry, there was a point where she or he received a sense of calling.     God worked with each of us in a unique way in calling.     Perhaps it was a friend or mentor who challenged you to consider the possibility of Christian service. Maybe it was a sermon or Bible study on a particular verse of scripture that caught your imagination.     It may have come because of a life-changing event.    Whatever the precipitating experience, you started down that path of Christian ministry.   During the past two years, some of us may have questioned that calling.  Perhaps you have even said, “This is not what I signed up for.”  The sense of calling may have become less clear, motivating, or empowering.   Often coaches help clients define their vision for the future, their calling.  This is true for both laity and clergy.  In these days, however, a coach may help someone not to discover their calling but to rekindle it and act upon it.  This is a time for each of us to as