Resources for Discernment

For those discerning a call, considering ministry and/or considering seminary:

  • Cetuk, Virginia Samuel. What to Expect in Seminary: Theological Education as Spiritual Formation. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998.

  • Farnham, Gill, McLean, Ward. Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community. Moorehouse, 1991.

  • Myers, William. God’s Yes Was Louder Than My No. Trenton: Africa World Press, Inc., 1994.

  • Palmer, Parker J. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 2000.

  • Parker, Ronald E. Do I Belong in Seminary? The Alban Institute, 1998.

  • Reeves, Nancy. I’d Say Yes, God, If I Knew What You Wanted. Kelowna: Northstone Publishing, 2001.

  • Weems, Renita. Showing Mary: How Women Can Share Prayers, Wisdom,and the Blessings of God. West Bloomfield: Warner Books, 2002.

  • Zikmund, Barbara; Adair T. Lummis; Patricia M. Y. Chang; and Lummis Mei Yin Chang Zikmund. Clergy Women: An Uphill Calling. Westminster John Knox Press, 1998.