Understanding Calling

Alistair Forman
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For those wanting to grow into who God has called them to be, so they can do what God has called them to do. Hosted by Alistair Forman, this is an informal discipleship focused podcast that also acts a front door to a wider community of people growing and encouraging each other in their calling journeys. Check out our Patreon for options to become part of the community. www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership

Episodes

  1. Ep 8: ‘Put a Hand on the Bucket’ - Letting God Empty You As You Start 2026

    2 DAYS AGO

    Ep 8: ‘Put a Hand on the Bucket’ - Letting God Empty You As You Start 2026

    A new year is upon us, but many of us are still full and overflowing with the last year... This shorter episode is an offering for what I am doing this January and might be for those who are still considering what they want to do, with integrity, to position themselves for whatever God's kingdom has for them. God has been emptying me very intentionally for the last year...I'm only just realizing it now. So, using Philippians 2 as guide, I'm reaching out and putting a hand on the bucket that God is pouring out...and agreeing with what He's doing. What is He calling you to do? Do you need emptying? Do you need to partner with what He's already been doing?  Sign up to our Patreon and support the show at:  www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership

    20 min
  2. Ep 7: ‘Seasons...’ What Does God Do Through Them? How Do We Discern Them? How Do We Navigate Them? What Matters Most?

    18/12/2025

    Ep 7: ‘Seasons...’ What Does God Do Through Them? How Do We Discern Them? How Do We Navigate Them? What Matters Most?

    One of the most used words in Christendom these days seems to be 'Seasons'. We talk about being in a season, coming out of one and into another, navigating them and contending with what God is teaching us in them. What is the theology, biblical basis, significance, purpose and process with seasons though? How do we tell when we're in one? What do we look for? What does Jesus and the bible say we should be doing? How do we navigate them? What matters most at the end of the day...? Check out Understanding Calling on Facebook and Instagram, send me a message and let me know what topics you'd appreciate being covered. Sign up to our Patreon and support the show at:  www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership

    34 min
  3. Ep 6: Tom Allsop on Embracing Hiddenness, Contentment in a Calling that Fits You and What’s More Important than a ‘Big Calling’

    04/12/2025

    Ep 6: Tom Allsop on Embracing Hiddenness, Contentment in a Calling that Fits You and What’s More Important than a ‘Big Calling’

    Tom Allsop is the Pastor of Catch the Fire: Three Rivers Church in Hertfordshire England and this week I get to sit down and talk with him about what a life led by calling looks like. We talk about failure in calling, humility, choosing the low path rather than seeking personal glory and how our ministries and callings need to take their place behind our relationship with God, with our spouses, kids and key relationships. There is so much gold in this interview! For show notes, devotionals based on each episode, audio and video courses and connections Sign up to our Patreon and support the show at:  www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership

    1h 3m
  4. Ep 5: The 8 Expressions of Calling

    18/11/2025

    Ep 5: The 8 Expressions of Calling

    God calls a life over a lifetime - that means there is more than one thing you and I are called to do with our lives.  The bible shows us ways calling in the Kingdom can be expressed, these are not fixed or rigid categories for us to be restricted by. Instead they are useful identifiers so we can get a better understanding of where and how God's Spirit is active in our life and what His priority is for us in that season. In this episode we look at how calling is really about living, but within that we will be called to one of or a blending of the following 8 expressions of calling: Preparation, Gifting, Assignment, Contribution, Legacy, Passion, Destiny and Glory. For notes and devotions on this episode and others, along with vidcasts, extra podcasts and more sign up to our Patreon and support the show at:  www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership

    41 min
  5. EP 4: Is Reaching the Potential of Our Gifting, Vision, Prophetic Words and Dreams God’s First Priority For Our Calling?

    03/11/2025

    EP 4: Is Reaching the Potential of Our Gifting, Vision, Prophetic Words and Dreams God’s First Priority For Our Calling?

    Gifts, skills, prophetic words and dreams, vision for our future and the 'what if's' of our younger years - all of these feed into what 'our potential' is. A vital question we need to ask ourselves as we pursue our God given calling is "Is God looking for me to reach and achieve my potential...or are there other things that matter more to Him than how high, big, far and wide I might be able to go?". This episode is about the hidden motivation that often is driving us forward. What we do with our thoughts about our abilities, our dreams, the prophetic words or dreams God has given us, all of it, is fundamentally important. If we can hold them rightly in tension with the things that matter most to God then they will drive us passionately and safely forward.  If we hold them in an unhealthy place of priority in our hearts then we risk running our ship aground.  So what matters most to God? What matters more to God than us reaching our potential? This episode is dedicated to Joanie Barth.  Sign up to our Patreon and support the show at:  www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership Philip Yancey's Post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ZYjmDBQrH/

    47 min
  6. Ep 3: Taking What You Know and the Best from What You've Been Taught About Hearing God’s Voice…and Letting the Rest Go

    23/10/2025

    Ep 3: Taking What You Know and the Best from What You've Been Taught About Hearing God’s Voice…and Letting the Rest Go

    Check out our Patreon for ways to become part of the community and our monthly video calls: https://www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership Ep 3:  Here’s a breakdown of what we’re contending with… 1. We all have been made with an innate and personal way of hearing God‘s voice and discerning how He’s leading us.  2. We’ve all been taught things through the denominations, movements, churches, and leaders we have engaged with. 3. God speaks in more ways than anyone method or movement can account for or prioritise. 4. …. So we have to learn how God has made us to hear Him, what we have been taught that is good, what we have been taught that is restrictive or no longer helpful and ultimately what the truth of the word of God says about God’s voice and his leading as he takes us forward in calling and growing His kingdom.  Easy right?

    31 min
  7. Ep 2: Identity: Who have You been, Who are You now…and Who are You going to be?

    22/10/2025

    Ep 2: Identity: Who have You been, Who are You now…and Who are You going to be?

    Check out our Patreon for ways to become part of the community and our monthly video calls: https://www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership Ep 2: This episode is full of questions for you to consider about who God has created you to be. We're considering all the past 'versions' of you from different stages of your life, what was good and gold about those expressions of who you are and what wasn't. We're looking at the real time you right now and how you have been shaped and where you're going.  What has God said over you, put inside you, put before you to bring you further in and further up into His call for your life.

    47 min
  8. Pilot: The Unrelenting Mystery of Calling and How God Uses A Life, Over A Lifetime

    22/10/2025

    Pilot: The Unrelenting Mystery of Calling and How God Uses A Life, Over A Lifetime

    Check out our Patreon for ways to become part of the community and our monthly video calls: https://www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership Pilot Episode:  God calls all of us to be something and to something. His calling on our life is complex, but also simple. It's mysterious, yet it can also be staring us in the face. It's about our purpose but it's also not really about us when all is said and done. We may have to sacrifice everything to walk in our calling but the best version of our life may only be found by being in our calling. In this pilot episode, Alistair Forman leads us on a fly over tour of all the things calling can be and how really, more than trying to find our way into a job or to the top of a ladder one day, calling is really about drawing near to God and learning who He made us to be.

    36 min
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About

For those wanting to grow into who God has called them to be, so they can do what God has called them to do. Hosted by Alistair Forman, this is an informal discipleship focused podcast that also acts a front door to a wider community of people growing and encouraging each other in their calling journeys. Check out our Patreon for options to become part of the community. www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership

Information

  • Creator
    Alistair Forman
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Understanding Calling
  • Show Website
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