Description: Dick Armstrong was thoroughly committed to his
promising future as a major league baseball front-office executive
until something happened that completely changed his life and
steered him in a totally new direction. In A Sense of Being Called,
Armstrong tells the story of what he calls his ""Damascus Road""
experience, an awesome encounter with the God he had always
believed in but had never given the slightest thought to serving.
The dramatic theophany initiated a remarkable pilgrimage of faith
in which he and his supportive wife, Margie, learned how God
guides, provides for, and equips those who respond to the divine
call. What the unbelieving world would label coincidence Dick and
Margie viewed as the miraculous providence of God--of a God whose
timing, they came to understand, is often surprising and always
perfect. As the doors to entering seminary kept opening or closing
in unpredictable ways, Dick was eventually led to Princeton
Theological Seminary, where he met then-president John A. Mackay,
who was to have a powerful impact on Dick's life. Dick and Margie's
departure from the Baltimore Orioles and their transition to
becoming a full-time seminary couple was traumatic. Their
five-and-a-half-year-old son died on the Seminary's convocation
day. The poignant story of Ricky's death provides another
inspirational illustration of how God is able to work for good,
even in the death of a child, with those who are called according
to God's purpose. The three years at seminary were transformational
for Dick Armstrong, who traces the often -humorous events leading
to his ordination and call to be the pastor of the Oak Lane
Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. Armstrong's hope is that this
book will move readers to consider how God has been at work in
their lives and will awaken in them their own sense of being
called. Endorsements: ""This is a providential publication. At a
time when God's people are challenged to rediscover their calling,
Dick Armstrong's beautiful story can help people do just that. It
is a powerful reminder that when God enters our lives, life's
direction often changes, even dramatically. By the gift of faith we
realise that our story has always been intended to be God's story.
The author invites the reader to accompany him on his remarkable
journey of faith. This is a journey that I could observe for the
almost thirty years that Prof. Armstrong has been my close personal
friend and colleague. He and his writings have greatly impacted my
ministry and the ministries of many hundreds of pastors and many
more lay leaders in South Africa. They will be eager to read his
amazing story, and I'm sure they will conclude, as I have, that his
passionate commitment and powerful witness to the gospel are an
impressive fulfilment of his 'sense of being called.'"" --Malan Nel
Founding Director of the Centre for Contextual Ministry Faculty of
Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa ""I am so glad Dick
Armstrong has at last written the story of his call to ministry. My
unique friendship with Dick began soon after he announced that he
was leaving his position as Public Relations Director of the
Baltimore Orioles to enter Princeton Seminary. He became a vital
partner and indispensable colleague in shaping and enabling the
mission of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. In the early days
of the FCA he served as a most needed interpreter of the unfolding
vital relationship being forged between religion and sports. With
the publication of A Sense of Being Called he has added another
very helpful, adventurous, intriguing, and joyful book to his
excellent and varied writings."" --Don McClanen Founder and first
Executive Director Fellowship of Christian Athletes ""Dick
Armstrong has been a friend and inspiration to me for decades. I
thought I knew Dick, but now I really know him after reading A
Sense of Being Called. This book will stir your soul and lift your
spirit just as it has done for me."" --Pat
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