Even though I didn’t know who Paula was when beginning book, I am glad that I took a chance on this title.

Faris is candid in her memoir, being very open about how her fears have driven her decisions throughout her life. Her fears of letting others down, being alone, and failure will likely resonate with most readers. She explains how God brought her though her trials, as well as the fear that paralyzed her. And in the end, her faith was strengthened by these times.

This book was STUNNING. I hope it's ok to use all caps there because I don't know how else to describe this book. Paula's story resonated with my own, even though my journey was so different from hers. I was able to identify with the struggles, the humiliation, the discovery and the journey that she took to get where she is now.

Sometimes we have to face unspeakable things, but then God turns all of that around for good. I believe that is what happened with Paula. It is a story of faith, hope, struggle and redemption in finding her true calling in God. I also love how she portrayed Jesus, gentle, loving and kind, because that is the true Jesus that I have come to know and love.

This book is definitely for anyone and everyone that wants to be encouraged and inspired, and challenged, in their walk with Jesus.

Called Out
Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling
by Paula Faris


Bethany House

Bethany House Publishers
Christian
Pub Date 21 Apr 2020



I am reviewing a copy of Called Out through Bethany House Publishers and Netgalley:


Far to often we find ourselves leaning into the wrong things, so much so that we find we burn out. We buy the lie that our value is in our work our vocation, our calling is our career. When we confuse what we do for who we are havoc is wreaked on our bodies, our souls and our relationships.



Paula Faris is the beloved on air reporter for ABC News and former co-host of The View. In Called Out Paula shared her journey through conquering fears that almost kept her from the high-profile, high-stakes world of broadcast journalism, and then the dangers when that world threatened to consume her.




Paula burned out and faced public humiliation, as well as physical break downs as well as family struggles. Amidst it all she heard God calling her out of the dangerous place she was in. As she searched to find out who she was outside of what she did, she became the host of ABC’s popular Podcast Journeys of Faith






This book shows us what it truly means to be called, as well as showing us how we can push past the fear that is preventing us back, from walking the path God has set before you.



I give Called Out five out of five stars!



Happy Reading!

I was intrigued by this book after listening to Faris on several of the podcasts that I listen to. It certainly was interesting to hear the ins and outs of what it was like for Faris as she was on-air hosting several shows for ABC. Faris spent most of the book talking about how faith calling intersects with vocational calling and how we must change the way we approach the conversation around calling. I appreciated the way she separated what our faith has called us to do and what our vocation asks of us.

As someone who does not do any vocational work, I struggled to connect a bit with the story and how to separate out how she approached calling for my own life. I think this book would be better for people trying to reconcile how to live out their faith while working in a job that intersects with the world outside a home.

Paula Faris' book is insightful and inspirational. The way she posses questions makes you take a moment to think about them. I would recommend this book.

Paula Faris has written a memoir about her struggles with success and her faith in God. I found her writing insightful and educational. She has made me think about my path in life, and where God wants me. I would recommend this to anyone looking to define their true calling in life. I received an advanced reader's copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I had always enjoyed watching Paula Faris as a journalist on Good Morning America and when her book was announced on air. I knew I wanted to read it. This book is her personal account and journey of discovering her faith and vocational calling for her life. It describes how at the top of her career as a top journalist at GMA and co-host at the View she started to fill as if her life was out of control. With a hectic work schedule, martial problems, struggles with devoting time for her kids, and trying to please everyone she started to hit a brick wall. Her internal struggle was that she was letting her vocational career define her whole life; she was addicted to success and her career and everything else fell on the back burner. From her book she says: What happens when you limit the notion of calling to your vocation, your career, or your daily obligations?....For the sake of your God-given "calling" you'll leverage everything-your time, your talent, your money." This is a very powerful statement!

This book was filled with so many great insights that I was highlighting away! Faris goes on and realize that she was not being the person she wanted to be (that she was not living in her "calling") and she needed a change. This change for her was leaving the co-anchor desk as the weekend anchor at GMA and co-host on The View to devote more time to her family and her "calling" with bringing her faith and faith of others through her podcast show "Journeys of Faith"

Faris writes in a very honest and open way that definitely makes you ponder to reflect on your own life and priorities. I also loved this quote for kids and this is something that we as adults do often in asking to kids: "What do you want to do when you grow up? and instead we should ask "Who do you want to be when you grow up?" Yessss! This is exactly what we should be asking kids...in helping them build their character and morals!

This book is inspirational for the person who senses a calling to make a change. Paula Faris states that a faith calling is separate from the career calling. Many times she sensed that her views and thoughts were guided by God, and then it was up to her to act on them. The book chronicles her life through many changes of career and locations with those changes. Faris states that her successes have come with costs, both personal and professional. Through them all, she shows how ultimately she has sensed God's leading and that he has renewed and directed her. An inspirational and motivating read.

Thanks to netgalley for the ARC t review.

Faris opens her book attempting to make the connection between one’s career and one, as if the two are separate. What Faris is saying, I think, is that one’s vocational career can crowds one’s life so much that one misses hearing God’s call. This is true in any vocational career. However, one’s vocation and one’s call should be two separate things. If Faris reaches this conclusion, it is lost on this reader. While Faris does make some excellent points about how once’s vocation, especially in the secular world, and one’s calling from God should overlap, it would have benefited from more clarity that one can be called by God to a vocation that is not ordained ministry. God can call you to be a reporter. God can call you to be a writer. God does call people to these vocations.

Paula Farris writes candidly in her memoir about how fear has ultimately driven the majority of the decisions in her life. She admits to being fearful of letting others down, failure, being alone, and being embarrassed. Despite fear often paralyzing her, God has brought her through her trials, strengthening her faith and hope in God. Faris courageously stepped away from the anchor desk at ABC in order to spend more time with her family and start a faith podcast. She combines antidotes from her life and bible references in order to expertly bring her story to life. A wonderful read!

Called Out by Paula Faris is an excellent and honest novel in which the author shares the successes and failures that have occurred throughout her life. There is a strong integration of the Word of God throughout the many stories told as Paula Faris’ life is chronicled. . I found it so refreshing to read about the honest reflections that Paula writes about. She is willing to search for her true calling and is able to take the large risk of giving up both The View and Good Morning America in order to straighten out her priorities and align her life with the calling she hears from God. What a daring and courageous woman! The author writes in a very honest and open way and I felt as if she were talking just to me. I look forward to seeing how Paula Faris’ religious podcast is received by the public. I will surely be listening. Read this book and you will certainly be challenged to reflect on your life and your priorities. You will also energize your relationship with God and realize that your life should have a large spiritual component. Be sure that when you read this novel you have time to seep in all the wisdom! I would like to thank Paula Faris, netgalley, Baker Publishing Group and Bethany House Publishers in exchange for a fair and honest review.

A very enjoyable and timely quick read for me. No doubt this book was placed in my life for a reason. As I continue fulfilling God's call on my life, this book provided much needed insight.

Called Out
Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling
by Paula Faris
Bethany House
You Like Them You Are Auto-Approved
Bethany House Publishers
Christian
Pub Date 21 Apr 2020 | Archive Date 24 Jul 2020

A great book to which I think Men or women could gain from. Honest and heart-warming this book was a delight to read. It answers a lot of questions we all think about. What is my calling? Am I burned out? What should I do with my life?
Thanks to Net Galley and Bethany House for the ARC.
5 stars

Though Paula Faris is a successful broadcast journalist at ABC News, the stories and insights she shares in "Called Out" apply to men and women in every walk of life who struggle with common, relatable issues such as career burnout, self-doubt, and discerning our callings, both personally and professionally. In her warm, witty and down-to-earth conversational style, Paula walks readers through her personal "season of hell" and the ways in which she restructured her life to find a better balance between family, faith, and career. In so doing, she leads us to ask ourselves the questions we need to take an honest look at our lives - and gives us the courage to find our identities not so much in what we do for a living, but in who we are as children of God. Ultimately, "Called Out" will touch your mind, heart, and spirit, and leave you with a better understanding of who you are.