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The Challenge of Change
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The Challenge of Change: Careers, Callings
& Work-Life Crossroads
by Sheila M. Luck / 10-session book-workbook in PDF Format
PDF
Format - Digital Download
Page Count: 165 pp.
ISBN 10: 0-9792089-5-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-9792089-5-9 |
Excerpt:
““What do you want to be when you grow up? Haven’t
we all asked ourselves that very question at one point in
our lives? What concerns me is that I found myself asking
that question when I was about forty-four years old. What
do I want to be when I grow up? I thought I found the answer
at that time; but now I’m forty-nine, and I’m
asking it again. At forty-four years old, I didn’t
ask the question with that calm, almost dreamy way that
I might have used as a child or youthful teenager. I also
didn’t ask the question with that feeling of confidence
and invincibility that I had as I went through college and
law school. At forty-four years old, I asked the question
with frustration, and even a hint of anger. Life was not
turning out as I had planned. Retirement, as I viewed it,
was not on the horizon, and the employment outlook was not
very attractive either....
“Whether work-life change is the result of job dissatisfaction,
an involuntary layoff or termination, or a voluntary move,
it includes a set of endings and a set of beginnings. We
can face the endings with sadness, regret, anger, or disappointment;
and we can face the beginnings with fear, worry, or anxiety.
Alternatively, we can accept the endings with peace and
look forward to the beginnings with hope, viewing the entire
change with a sense of joy and excitement.”
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About the Author
Sheila M. Luck is a speaker and
writer with Connecting Choices in Greenville, WI. She is
also an attorney with a passion for research, writing, public
speaking, and teaching. Sheila worked as in-house legal
counsel for 18 years. She is currently an adjunct professor
with Lakeland College, teaching various law-related courses.
Sheila has been married for 21 years to Wayne, and they
have two teenage daughters. She received her undergraduate
degree in Industrial Technology from University of Wisconsin-Platteville
and her law degree from Marquette University.
What the Reviewers are saying about The
Challenge of Change...
“The Challenge of
Change is among the best career works I have ever read.
It is sound from biblical, developmental psychology, and
career theory standpoints. I would encourage the active
use of Sheila Luck's career workbook by individuals working
through a work-life transition, whether on their own, through
a ministry service, or with a professional career counselor.”
—Dr. Tom Wiltzius, PhD, LPC
Senior Vice President Right Management
“The Challenge of Change is an important tool for individuals
and churches, enabling them to see people’s careers
and callings the way God’s Word looks at our work.
I would use this material to help younger folks get started
on the right foot, and with mid-career folks who have lost
their careers or want a change to help them see their present
circumstances the way God does. With our up and down economy
this material is a good arrow to have in your quiver.”
—Chuck Schwaninger, Church Relations
Campus Crusade for Christ, International
“The Challenge of Change allows us to journey through
the longings and difficulties of following our own dreams.
Only through self inquiry, patience and listening for the
next step can we begin to understand the true nature of
a perfect Father. Her own story teaches us the human side
of the travails of our struggle with ‘thy will be done.’
All our journeys lead to Truth.”
—Debra Butler BSN, MPA, PhD, co-owner of Pathways
to Enrichment and author of Seasons of Grief, What Nature
Can Teach Us About Loss
“Thank you Sheila for providing a resource that promises
to be of significant value to the Body of Christ. Our culture
conditions us to habitually define ourselves by means of
profession, performance and position—all external
measures of worth; while God weighs our value in a very
different scale. The author asks those in the midst of identity-wrenching
transition to peer into God's timeless Word for renewed
self-definitions; wonderfully poses searching questions
that invite the Spirit to open our hearts; alongside vignettes
from her own poignant experience that let us know she has
walked these paths before. Sheila resists the temptation
to tell readers what they should be thinking, instead, allowing
the Holy Spirit to bring customized insight to each individual
as they walk through her study with Him.”
—Jim Case Life/Career Coach,
Compass Christian Coaching
(www.compasschristiancoaching.com)
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