Who Have You Been Called to Be?: A Study on Coaching and Luther’s Teaching on Vocation

by Travis Guse, Robert Kolb (foreword)

Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose? How can I make a difference? These questions have to do with the topic of vocation. Vocation is more than what one does for a living in terms of one’s career. Vocation is a lens that helps believers see the larger story of who they are regarding their calling with God through faith in Jesus and how they are called to love and serve their neighbors through their everyday callings. But how can one personally and practically apply this relevant teaching of the church to the daily lives of believers? The answer is found in coaching!


Coaches and ministry leaders seeking to help everyday believers find purpose and meaning in their lives will find this book invaluable. The research and practical tools contained within serve as a “technical manual” to Guse’s first book, Called2B. This book provides a biblical and theological framework for understanding how coaching can empower believers to discover and live out their authentic calling in Christ in their daily lives to make a greater kingdom impact in their different stations of life—Family, Church, Lifework, and Society. Who have you been called to be?

249 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 30, 2024

About the author

Travis Guse is an Pastor and an ICF-certified life and executive coach and a Gallup Strengths coach. In 2022, he completed his doctorate in coaching from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He serves in the Southeastern District (LCMS) as the executive director of wellness and coaching. Travis lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, with his wife, Stephanie, and they have one son, Kendall. Travis’ passion is empowering everyday believers to discover and live out their authentic calling in Christ.

Reviews

[William A.]

In Who Have You Been Called to Be?: A Study on Coaching and Luther Teaching on Vocation, Travis Guse presents an in-depth study of those concepts in an unique way, linking them to the process of Christ’s command to make disciples. He provides insight from examples culled from his coaching experiences, personal life and extensive bibliography.
David Kinnaman states “... disciples cannot be mass-produced. Disciples are handmade, one relationship at a time.” Guse, Travis. Who Have You Been Called to Be?: A Study on Coaching and Luther’s Teaching on Vocation (p. 19). Wipf and Stock Publishers. Kindle Edition. Guse maintains that the tool of coaching can be part of a thorough intentional discipling of Christians. He advances additional possibilities of using coaching in various aspects of congregational life.
For those interested in intensifying their calling in Christ and its application to their neighbor, this book provides an excellent template for success.