“Beautifully written, compellingly personal, and a treasure to read.”—Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, OFM, Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia“This spiritually grounded, easy-to-read treatise is a solid piece of research, and yet is still packed throughout with supporting anecdotes that the reader will recognize and appreciate. Eminently practicable, Unrepeatable is for every Christian, especially the … especially the teacher, counselor, or spiritual director, who is truly serious about sifting through the cultural morass to find the ‘right’ vocation, rather than just a job.”
—Bishop Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Los Angeles
What if we were able to gain profound insight into the unique design, creative drive, and potential destiny of the people in our lives? The bold promise of this book is that we can.
This ability carries an awesome responsibility: We must all be mentors and midwives to the personal vocations of others.
Unrepeatable is about the urgent need for each of us to cultivate the vocations of others and the steps we should take to do it well.
By smartly weaving evocative stories of those who have radically lived out their callings with practical tools for discernment and mentorship, Luke Burgis and Joshua Miller—who have a combined twenty-five years of experience helping people and organizations discover their purpose—turn staid perceptions of vocation on their head.
Unrepeatable will equip you to:
• Renew your church, school, community, or company by empowering every member to discover, embrace, and fully live out their unique calling
• Confidently teach and mentor young people in critical skills of discernment and decision-making
• Know and be known by others in a deeply personal way through a technique that unlocks and awakens the deepest desires of the heart
As we enter into the stories of others’ lives, we enter into the story of God’s love. There is no greater adventure. Unrepeatable invites you to be a part of it.
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“Unrepeatable” is the best treatment of vocation or calling that I have ever seen or read. Luke Burgis and Miller seem to know the topic inside and out, but they are also able to pull in really engaging stories like an incident at a Bob Dylan concert to a businessman to pulled over on the side of the road and jumped in the shower wearing his suit. But there is serious stuff in this book, too, that will be helpful for any adult who truly cares about mentoring young people to find their purpose in life: how the brain works, the theology of personal vocation, steps to find a good mentor, steps to effective discernment…and much, much more.
A very challenging look at what it means to be unique, as well as to help others in their own unique position in life. The authors are very Catholic, which I am not, but I expect to read this book repeatedly to mine it for the riches it contains.
Excellent thought provoking book. Accentuates the fact that God created each of us with unique talents and abilities and how using these brings fulfillment to life.
This is a very good book and shows us how to see ourselves in Christ as He sees us.
How many of us take the time to think about our calling? We know what brings us joy, but can that truly be our life’s calling, or is that just for the fortunate few? Cultivating a mindset of mentorship and listening, this book and the accompanying workbook, are designed for those who work with youth from parents to vocational directors. Readers of any age will embark on a voyage of self discovery and just may find that the whisper in their souls was there speaking to them all along–they just needed someone to listen.
Unrepeatable is a blueprint for helping young people discover their personal vocation. Heavily influenced by Pope St. John Paul II and his phenomological approach, authors Luke Burgis and Joshua Miller use contemporary cultural references and personal experiences to explain the why and how of discovering personal vocations.
While ideal for those who work with teens and young adults in helping them discover their unique call, it’s also valuable for parents. (Frankly, I’d like to see something for middle-aged adults who have been flailing about for decades and were only ever presented with vocations in limited (dare I say clericalist?) terms of priesthood and religious life.)
Unrepeatable moves decidedly beyond preconceived notions of a vocation as a calling to a state in life to unveiling the unique reason for which each human being was created. It repeatedly brought to mind one of my favorite quotes from Pope St. John Paul II: “Become who you are.”
Truly a gift to persons seeking to discover for what purpose they’ve been called – and isn’t that all of us?
This was beautifully written, but I didn’t really feel compelled to finish it. I am assuming the idea of a “vocation” in the Catholic faith is the same thing as your calling or purpose in the Protestants denominations. I may go back and finish it.
I think the author took too much time to get to the information I was looking for: how to recognize what your purpose is. Sorry, I did not finish the book.