The Call (Includes Workbook)

Os Guiness' book The Call remains a classic. I re-read this book recently and found it as instructive, insightful and relevant to me at a different phase of life. It was good to be reminded that if we believe we have a purpose, a calling, to our existence in this world, this implies there must be a Caller to whom we should obey and follow. Through biblical, historical and contemporary examples, Guiness helps the readers to understand what it is to live out God's calling for each of us in this world. Any serious Christian who wants to make his or her life counts will do well to read this book. Highly recommended!

This is the first book I've read by Os Guinness, though he's now comfortably placed in my minds list of favourite authors. In his book The Call he explains that God has a specific calling for everyone's lives. He goes through the various distortions made of callings throughout history, and emphasizes that we are to 'live for the audience of one. ' This is one of those books that I'll definitely be re-reading in the future.

I love this book for the fact that it is not just about finding your gifts and developing them (as purpose of life is deeper than that), rather Os Guinness takes the readers into understanding other dimensions of their calling in life. For example, in the earlier chapters, he takes the readers to know the Caller more than the Calling. Furthermore, he also explains what does it look like to live our purpose, and what are the things that hinder us to find and fulfill our purpose.