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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband has recently (last 3 or so years) discovered a relationship with God and has since felt a deep restlessness in his life. He recently started talking about feeling called to seminary, though not to become a priest necessarily. I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions on reading I can do to best support him in this journey. He has been meeting with[b] our priest and our priest mentioned to him that he feels my husband is being called.[/b] I’m praying for discernment and guidance and feeling....nothing.

We have a wonderful life and I’m feeling a lot of unease at the idea. We have two young children and would potentially be moving for seminary and the idea of uprooting them is central to my unease. However, I am also a Christian and believe that God will lead us where he wants us to be, but I’m not sure to how to support my husband as he discerns these feelings. Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. [/quote]

I figure your priest feels your husband is being called for some possibly overlapping reasons:

1. He knows your family is well off enough to bear the cost of seminary.

2.  He knows that seminaries are desperate for students.

3.  He truly thinks your husband has a calling[/quote]

Protestant seminaries are not “desperate for students.”  Indeed, many denominations have a surplus of “supply” clergy. Can’t speak to the Orthodox but I doubt they’re gleaning far and wide to fill the ranks either. [/quote]

You're making the case that seminary enrollment is down.  The reason that denominations have supply clergy is that seminary graduates can't find jobs. Parish clergy is simply not a growth industry.   . [/quote]

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