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June 2019

June 19, 2019

Research on Christian Vocation

The Barna Research Group, in conjunction with Abilene Christian University, has published a study entitled Christians...

May 2019

May 14, 2019

Victories through Tools

Have you noticed that victories in the Old Testament are often won not with weapons...

April 2019

April 02, 2019

“Vocation: How God Provides for Us”

The magazine Interest Time has a special issue on vocation. The lead article "Vocation: How God...

February 2019

February 14, 2019

Vocation, Technology, & Luther’s “Theology of Tools”

Rev. A. Trevor Sutton, the co-writer with me of Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology...

January 2019

January 11, 2019

Psychologists on Vocation

Even secularists today are talking about the importance of having a sense of "calling"; that...

December 2018

December 04, 2018

Trying to be a Missionary Apart from Vocation

You have probably heard about John Chau, the 26-year-old who was dropped off at Sentinel...

November 2018

November 22, 2018

Thankfulness, Faith, & Vocation

Thanksgiving is the one national holiday that has an explicitly religious meaning. George Washington got...

October 2018

October 15, 2018

Rethinking Vocation?

The doctrine of vocation has been catching on. There is now something called the "Faith...

September 2018

September 11, 2018

Job-Shaming vs. Vocation

Geoffrey Owens is a Shakespearean actor, but he is best known for his role on The...

September 03, 2018

A Labor Day Meditation on Good Works, Vocation, & Our Neighbors

Happy Labor Day, a secular holiday which we here at the Cranach Institute are trying...

July 2018

July 04, 2018

The Lutheran Hero of the American Revolution

Among the heroes of the American Revolution, which we celebrate on this fourth of July,...

May 2018

May 01, 2018

Luther’s Political Teachings

In yesterday's post on Luther and Trump, we drew on the work of economist Lyman...

April 2018

April 13, 2018

How Social Media Is Designed Around Sin

Trevor Sutton, my co-author of Authentic Christianity, has written a fascinating article entitled Social Media...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

Holy Communion and Vocation

Today, on Maundy Thursday, we commemorate Christ's gift of Holy Communion, in which He gives...

March 05, 2018

Vocation and Self-Defense

In the current debates over gun ownership and self-defense, we would do well to consider...

January 2018

January 05, 2018

Luther on Epiphany and Vocation

Today is the 12th and last day of Christmas. (Happy drummers drumming day!) Tomorrow is...

December 2017

December 19, 2017

Christmas, Scrooge, and Vocation

On this 174th anniversary of the publication of Charles Dickens' The Christmas Carol, I am...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

From “Sologamy” to Marriage as Vocation

Jim Priest, a family columnist for the Daily Oklahoman, discussed "sologamy," the growing practice of marrying...

September 2017

September 04, 2017

Vocation quotes from Luther for Labor Day

Labor Day is a good day for Christians to celebrate Vocation. That is, the teaching...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

Run it like a business?

President Trump is reported to be understandably frustrated that the government can't be run like a business....

February 02, 2017

The Superbowl and vocation

The Superbowl is this weekend, time for the obligatory polls about whether or not God...

January 2017

January 03, 2017

Martin Scorsese on vocation

Renowned film director Martin Scorsese talks about vocation in a recent interview. He didn't make...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

What you do to your neighbor you do to Christ

It still being Christmas--there are twelve days of it, remember--we can still contemplate the inexhaustible topic...

September 2016

September 15, 2016

“Sully” screenwriter on vocation

The screenwriter for Clint Eastwood's movie Sully, about the pilot who saved his passengers by...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

Millennials and vocation

Barna has done a study of the millennial generation's attitude towards work. Most do not...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

Vocation and Commencement Addresses

Mollie Hemingway has a great piece in the Federalist about vocation as a theme in...

May 19, 2016

Day Jobs

Scot McKnight has a post from an Australian source on the Day Jobs of 20 Famous...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Sample from my new book on vocation

The Acton Institute has put together a sample from my new book Working for Our...

March 29, 2016