Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, he shares insights gained from darkness and depression as well as fulfillment and joy, illuminating a pathway toward vocation for all who seek the true calling of their lives. more

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Posted: Sep-17-2009

A Gift for Career Searchers

`Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.' The theme of listening to yourself to...

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Posted: Aug-14-2009

Let your life speak

This book falls in the category of my top ten favorite books. For such a small book it is packed with wisdom. I have read it twice and continue to refer back to. It is an essential book for anyone struggling with finding their vocational path or giving themselves permission to follow their dream....

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Posted: Jun-26-2009

Excellent Book

This is an excellent book for those wishing to examine what life holds in store for them. By that I mean if you have been questioning what you should do in life or asking what am I missing in my life. This short book may offer part of the answer for you. I recommend this book to anyone wanting...

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Posted: Apr-29-2009

Living from the inside out

"Let Your Life Speak" is a brilliant, yet accessible, little book of wisdom on finding your true calling in life. He advocates listening to the voice within, one of the basic Quaker tenets, as a means of self-discovery, leading to a life lived with meaning and purpose. I love the image he...

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Posted: Mar-16-2009

Less About a Vocational Journey and More About a Personal Journey...

I found myself fininshing this book and thinking it's title could be edited to omit "of Vocation" as I found it's insights more a compass to my inner voice as a guide for so many avenues in my life. Once I tap into my voice, I have tapped into a guiding compass.Mr. Palmer's account of finding a...

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Posted: Jan-10-2009

Reviewer: Paul Wallis, author 'Be Thou My Breastplate'

I took this book on retreat with four friends in widely various forms of Christian ministry. Over the course of the next few days, the book was passed, like a peace-pipe, from retreatant to retreatant and we each devoured it, transfixed from cover to cover. We returned each to buy several copies...

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Posted: Nov-18-2008

The Marketing Take on "Let Your Life Speak"

When Parker Palmer wrote Let Your Life Speak, I doubt he expected me to endorse its message of differentiation. In fact, he probably wasn't thinking of his effort being cast as an entrepreneurial tool of any sort.That's because the book is intended to help readers take on spiritual issues, such...

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Posted: Oct-06-2008

What am I missing?

I read this book at the suggestion of a counselor who is helping me through depression and lack of interest in my career. While I was touched by his insights and authenticity, I was nagged by the practical aspect (or lack thereof) of letting your life speak. Palmer seemed to have an endless...

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Posted: Aug-12-2008

Priceless wisdom...

Books make great gifts. This is the one I give most often. I love Palmer's writing style and his message. As with his other books, Let Your Life Speak is well-organized and the concepts well developed.In this era, in this culture, there are countless forces that urge us to ask the wrong...

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Posted: Jul-21-2008

A fantastic book

A fantastic book!This book has been my default purchase for people that are going through tough times, or people that are at a point of change in their lives (or should be). It is free of the "you-can-do-it-all" fluffiness. It brings a real, truthful and deep approach to life.This is the kind...

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