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    <body><![CDATA[I have been reading &quot;The Call&quot; by Os Guinness; a 26 day devotional has taken me from Saturday, August 19, 2006 to Tuesday, November 20, 2008 to finish. I know it should have never taken me so long to read and yet it is a very thought provoking and challenging book. <br/>The main point and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53118282">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is not uncommon to hear Christians refer to their vocational calling, or to hear of things like a Biblical work ethic, but surprisingly little has been written about what work individuals are called to in their lives. Os Guinness, an Irish social critic and Christian writer, who lives in northern...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16656963">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this without realizing until the end that I was supposed to read it as a daily devotional rather than a cohesive book.  This might have accounted for some of my frustration in the rather &quot;haphazard&quot; way it was written.  If taken as an inspirational, it accomplishes its task.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Would recommend: Probably<br/><br/>My relationship with this book was rather odd: I sort of dreaded going back to it every night, but as soon as I opened it, I was completely drawn in.  I'm just not sure why I wasn't looking forward to reading it because it was very insightful and thought-provokin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36822158">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed both reading this book and the discussions about it at book club.  It's not a book I probably would have read on my own without some sort of recommendation, but I am glad that I read it!<br/>The book is divided into short chapters that each focus on a central thought about God's ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5569850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent! I have given away many copies of this book. The various quotes from Winston Churchill so piqued my curiosity that I read Martin Gilbert's biography.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book should have been shorter, because 6 or 7 of the last 8 chapters were really not worth it.  Otherwise it has some good thoughts and comments about living under God's call.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A most thorough examination of everything to do with calling. Guinness is a disciplined writer, which would be a distraction if he didn't write so well, choose his illustrations and examples flawlessly, research so fully. And he doesn't shy a bit away from intertwining a biblical worldview into the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10877172">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book for me was basically the non-best-seller version of &quot;a purpose driven life&quot;. It took more of a psychological, deeper approach to giving us perspective on our purpose in this life. <br/><br/>It was a really tough read at times but very well written and used different events and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16192784">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Would recommend: Probably<br/><br/>My relationship with this book was rather odd: I sort of dreaded going back to it every night, but as soon as I opened it, I was completely drawn in.  I'm just not sure why I wasn't looking forward to reading it because it was very insightful and thought-provoking.  Certain ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38232536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Guiness is one of the most literate writers I've read. His erudition in philosophy, literature, history and contemporary socio-cultural issues are used with great insight into what it is to be called by the Lord God and within that call to be who we are uniquely called to be corporately and individu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56744237">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is definitely one of those books that i am going to come back to again and again.  it is a pretty dense book that you can't just read once and move on.  you really have to chew on it.  i think the biggest value in this book is the fact that it makes you think about &quot;calling&quot; and what ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30973078">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that kept making me want to reach for my highlighter. Couldn't do that, though, because I got the book from the library.<br/>It's not a difficult read at all, but it requires attentiveness. My mind wandered, especially in the earlier chapters, and I think I would benefit from reading...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/906486">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When you are trying to determine what God has for your life, this book helped me verbalize and think through what it means to have a calling in life and how God can best be honored through that calling.  This book sparked a whole new era of thinking for me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like <em>Purpose Driven Life, The Call</em> guides Christians to discover what they were made for and how to do it.<br/><br/>A little softer-edged than Rich Warren's book, so it may be more amenable to those put off by Warren's style.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are new to the faith and have the sense that God is calling to you ministry, read this book first. Guinness' insight into calling is helpful for discerning between a call to Christ and a call to vocation.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Looks at the biblical concept of calling. Very thorough treatment, which can make it a bit sprawling at times (at one point, I asked myself, &quot;How broadly can someone define a single word?&quot; This book has some gems in it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was given to me.. perhaps i will revisit it again sometime, but it centrally relies upon the reader having a particular faith. That is the reason alone that it gets 1 star.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a wonderful book about listening and following Gods call in your life.  Very compelling, made me want to strive for Gods best in my life.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a little while since I've read this, but I still remember that it's strong and well written. it's probably been one of my favorites. ]]></body>
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