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#10 - Strange Angels

10 - Strange Angels A few weeks after my calling, I had this “strange” experience that I still think about. I mean, it could have been...

#9 - Arrogant Me

9 - Arrogant Me After my calling from God, I felt special. God had chosen to speak to me—can you believe it? Me, a half-believer at best....

#8 - September Is Suicide Awareness Month

8 - September Is Suicide Awareness Month - As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been dealing with depression since I was a teenager....

#7 - The Man from Maui

7 - The Man from Maui - After the calling, I experienced a series of impactful events. The first was an encounter with a homeless woman...

#6 - What Am I Doing?

6 - What Am I Doing? - I'm currently grappling with a sort of faith dilemma. It might not rise to the level of a crisis, but it's...

#5 - A Cry for Help

5 - A Cry for Help - It’s been more than a year since my calling in March of 2023, and to be honest, I expected to have written a lot...

#4 - The Calling

4 - The Calling - On March 1st, 2023, I had an experience that changed my life. It was close to midnight and I was updating my resume on...

#3 - Pre-Calling

3 - Pre-Calling - I’ve suffered from major depression for most of my life. It's like an ever-present dark cloud that kept me drenched in...

#2 - Setting the Stage

2 - Setting the Stage - A string of horrible events nearly broke my spirit last year. Maybe it was even more than I could handle, but...

#1 - Welcome to The Calling blog!

1 - Welcome to The Calling blog! - My name is Jake, just a regular guy who recently had an extraordinary and life-changing spiritual...