Listening to Your Life

For those exploring a sense of call – to ordained ministry, another vocation or to a change of direction in life, the standard advice is often to read some relevant books and consult a recognized expert. Rational thought is important, yet Listening to Your Life recognizes that there is another way of knowing and understanding which is intuitive and rooted in a God-given inner wisdom. Here, God can speak through our imagination, hopes, dreams, doubts and desires as well as in the logic of lists of pros and cons. ? ? Spiritual director and vocations advisor Julia Mourant offers thirty simple spiritual exercises for exploration and discernment – for example, viewing our lives through four windows:? ? Looking through the north window – what is our pole star? What holds us firm in life?? Looking through the east window – what new gifts or challenges may be rising in our lives? ? Looking through the south window – what warms us and causes us to grow? ? Looking through the west window – what may be setting in our lives? What do we need to let go?