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Giving It All Up: Walk Away and Embrace Your Passion Today!

Paperback |English |0692420207 | 9780692420201

Giving It All Up: Walk Away and Embrace Your Passion Today!

Paperback |English |0692420207 | 9780692420201
Overview


After 30 years of working in academia, I walked away from a tenured position as an associate professor to embrace my passion, accept my calling and serve as assistant pastor in Leesburg, Florida. If you are stuck and unhappy in your career or if you are successful and find yourself being called by God to give it all up and work in ministry, this book is written just for you. Its message will encourage and inspire you to answer the call of God in your life. It will give you the courage to walk away and embrace your passion; trust and obey God; walk by faith, not by sight; and come to a glorious end. Call to Action: As a fourth generation female minister and pastor, I've learned some things. Therefore, I am calling you to action to assess whether you are living the call of God in your life. *Have you been overlooked as a woman minister? *Have you been treated as less-than your male counterparts in ministry? *Do you know you have been called, but you have not been accepted or acknowledged? *Do you have a passion for God, but you can't find your place? *Are you chained to a career you paid for, but find it difficult to walk away and embrace the passion you were made for? *Are you ready to embrace your passion, your purpose and your full potential? If you have responded affirmatively to any of the above questions, this book is written to inspire and encourage you to take a leap of faith into a life of freedom, purpose and passion!
ISBN: 0692420207
ISBN13: 9780692420201
Author: Shelia Yvette Smalley Ph.D.
Publisher: Dr. Shelia Yvette Smalley
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2015-10-09
Language: English
PageCount: 140
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.32 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 7.04 ounces


After 30 years of working in academia, I walked away from a tenured position as an associate professor to embrace my passion, accept my calling and serve as assistant pastor in Leesburg, Florida. If you are stuck and unhappy in your career or if you are successful and find yourself being called by God to give it all up and work in ministry, this book is written just for you. Its message will encourage and inspire you to answer the call of God in your life. It will give you the courage to walk away and embrace your passion; trust and obey God; walk by faith, not by sight; and come to a glorious end. Call to Action: As a fourth generation female minister and pastor, I've learned some things. Therefore, I am calling you to action to assess whether you are living the call of God in your life. *Have you been overlooked as a woman minister? *Have you been treated as less-than your male counterparts in ministry? *Do you know you have been called, but you have not been accepted or acknowledged? *Do you have a passion for God, but you can't find your place? *Are you chained to a career you paid for, but find it difficult to walk away and embrace the passion you were made for? *Are you ready to embrace your passion, your purpose and your full potential? If you have responded affirmatively to any of the above questions, this book is written to inspire and encourage you to take a leap of faith into a life of freedom, purpose and passion!


Shelia Yvette Smalley, Ph.D. lives in Leesburg, Florida. For more than 30 years, she has prided herself with a wide variety of educational experiences which include Head Start teacher, k-8 classroom teacher, director of a child care center, Title I Reading and Math specialist and counselor, instructor for the General Education Degree program, assistant professor of Education at Bethune-Cookman University, elementary school principal, television anchor and instructional teacher, program specialist for training and development (school district level), and director of School Improvement (university level). She retired as an associate professor of Exceptional Student Education, Department of Child, Family, and Community Service, at the University of Central Florida, College of Education, in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Smalley's research interests include working with culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional students and their families and at-risk communities which make her an exceptional woman to look up to. In June 2015, Dr. Smalley retired as the founder and educational leader of the Humanities and Fine Arts Charter School in Leesburg, Florida. Today, she serves as the pastor of Macedonia Church of the Living God, Inc. in Leesburg, Florida. She is a fourth generation female minister and the third generation woman pastor of her church, which was founded by her great aunt and mother in May, 1954. Her writings are found in educational journals, such as Urban Education, The Educational Forum, Journal of At-Risk Issues and Preventing School Failure, as well as chapters in textbooks. Presently, she serves as a life coach, consultant to schools, professional and community organizations.

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After 30 years of working in academia, I walked away from a tenured position as an associate professor to embrace my passion, accept my calling and serve as assistant pastor in Leesburg, Florida. If you are stuck and unhappy in your career or if you are successful and find yourself being called by God to give it all up and work in ministry, this book is written just for you. Its message will encourage and inspire you to answer the call of God in your life. It will give you the courage to walk away and embrace your passion; trust and obey God; walk by faith, not by sight; and come to a glorious end. Call to Action: As a fourth generation female minister and pastor, I've learned some things. Therefore, I am calling you to action to assess whether you are living the call of God in your life. *Have you been overlooked as a woman minister? *Have you been treated as less-than your male counterparts in ministry? *Do you know you have been called, but you have not been accepted or acknowledged? *Do you have a passion for God, but you can't find your place? *Are you chained to a career you paid for, but find it difficult to walk away and embrace the passion you were made for? *Are you ready to embrace your passion, your purpose and your full potential? If you have responded affirmatively to any of the above questions, this book is written to inspire and encourage you to take a leap of faith into a life of freedom, purpose and passion!
ISBN: 0692420207
ISBN13: 9780692420201
Author: Shelia Yvette Smalley Ph.D.
Publisher: Dr. Shelia Yvette Smalley
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2015-10-09
Language: English
PageCount: 140
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.32 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 7.04 ounces


After 30 years of working in academia, I walked away from a tenured position as an associate professor to embrace my passion, accept my calling and serve as assistant pastor in Leesburg, Florida. If you are stuck and unhappy in your career or if you are successful and find yourself being called by God to give it all up and work in ministry, this book is written just for you. Its message will encourage and inspire you to answer the call of God in your life. It will give you the courage to walk away and embrace your passion; trust and obey God; walk by faith, not by sight; and come to a glorious end. Call to Action: As a fourth generation female minister and pastor, I've learned some things. Therefore, I am calling you to action to assess whether you are living the call of God in your life. *Have you been overlooked as a woman minister? *Have you been treated as less-than your male counterparts in ministry? *Do you know you have been called, but you have not been accepted or acknowledged? *Do you have a passion for God, but you can't find your place? *Are you chained to a career you paid for, but find it difficult to walk away and embrace the passion you were made for? *Are you ready to embrace your passion, your purpose and your full potential? If you have responded affirmatively to any of the above questions, this book is written to inspire and encourage you to take a leap of faith into a life of freedom, purpose and passion!


Shelia Yvette Smalley, Ph.D. lives in Leesburg, Florida. For more than 30 years, she has prided herself with a wide variety of educational experiences which include Head Start teacher, k-8 classroom teacher, director of a child care center, Title I Reading and Math specialist and counselor, instructor for the General Education Degree program, assistant professor of Education at Bethune-Cookman University, elementary school principal, television anchor and instructional teacher, program specialist for training and development (school district level), and director of School Improvement (university level). She retired as an associate professor of Exceptional Student Education, Department of Child, Family, and Community Service, at the University of Central Florida, College of Education, in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Smalley's research interests include working with culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional students and their families and at-risk communities which make her an exceptional woman to look up to. In June 2015, Dr. Smalley retired as the founder and educational leader of the Humanities and Fine Arts Charter School in Leesburg, Florida. Today, she serves as the pastor of Macedonia Church of the Living God, Inc. in Leesburg, Florida. She is a fourth generation female minister and the third generation woman pastor of her church, which was founded by her great aunt and mother in May, 1954. Her writings are found in educational journals, such as Urban Education, The Educational Forum, Journal of At-Risk Issues and Preventing School Failure, as well as chapters in textbooks. Presently, she serves as a life coach, consultant to schools, professional and community organizations.

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