The Calling Journey - An Introduction to Mapping the Stages of a Leader's Life Call

by Tony Stoltzfus

Ever wish you had a road map to follow to your God-given destiny? The Calling Journey is just such a map, revealing the common stages and transitions leaders go through on the pathway to their call. As you read what successful leaders from all walks of life experienced on the destiny road, you'll gain an amazing perspective on how God is leveraging everything in your own story to make his dream for you come true. Along the way, you'll learn how to identify key stages in your own journey and build a personal calling timeline. When you discover what God's agenda is for each stage, you can lean into what he is doing in you instead of fighting the process. Developed by a master leadership coach, the timeline model emerged from comparing the life stories of biblical characters to those of contemporary leaders. Through hundreds of coaching encounters, plus extensive interviews with Christian leaders in business, ministry, politics and other spheres, Tony discovered that God takes each of us through predictable stages of upward growth separated by "valleys" of adversity and inner formation. While we tend to view the difficult times in the valleys as failures or detours, Tony shows how they form a vital part of God's strategy for leadership development. Just as Joseph's repeated betrayal and elevation birthed the life message that is his greatest legacy ("You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good"), The Calling Journey shows how the Great Redeemer transforms times of heartache into the seedbed of a world-changing life. The Calling Journey depicts four stages and three valleys on an easy-to-understand graphical timeline. Dozens of personal stories (along with tales of historical and biblical travelers) bring the journey to life. Coupled with an innovative understanding of call as the unique way Jesus is incarnated in us by our story, this introduction to the timeline model presented in the book, The Calling Journey, reveals how God truly is good all the time.

Genres: Leadership

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 20, 2011

About the author

Known for his wealth of practical tools and engaging writing style, Tony Stoltzfus has authored 21 books, launched several training organizations and is a founding figure in the Christian coaching. He's coached leaders worldwide through their most painful experiences in life for over 25 years.

Tony's full line of books and training aids is available at Leadership MetaFormation, a training organization that uses innovative, experiential learning methods to help you engage God from the heart.

Visit The Heaven Experience to enjoy his latest work, a journey to heaven that combines scripture and science for a breathtaking, mind-bending look at heaven and the incredibly good God behind it all.

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read!

This book is so useful to help people understand where they are in the journey of life as it applies to our Heavenly Call and destiny.
Anything that Tony writes is great

[Frederick Griffin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful Insight!!

It was quite startling to actually see God's hand in the life of a believer. In fact, the timeline of the Calling Journey clearly reflects how God intends for us to experience life under His total guidance.

[Rashida B.]

This was a great introduction to the entire book. I can definitely see how knowing and understanding the stage (or season) you're in can be helpful in enabling one to embrace the unknown and trust and lean-in to what our Heavenly Father has in store for us. No good thing will he deny us. His plan is to give us hope and a good future.