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November 2015

November 20, 2015

It’s Never Too Late to Head Back to School

By Bill Peel More and more adults are heading back to college to sharpen their skills...

November 19, 2015

When I’m 85: A Journey With Dr. John Perkins

By David Spickard: published at the Jobs for Life blog on 11 On an unseasonably...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Follow my passion where, exactly?

This post originally appeared at OnFaith. Ask Laura appears every Tuesday at and features responses...

September 2015

September 15, 2015

The sorrows of Mary and the callings of Christians

Today is the day after the Feast of the Holy Cross, and in the Catholic...

September 07, 2015

Your annual Happy Vocation Day post

Every year on this day we call attention to this neat post by Gene Veith...

August 2015

August 06, 2015

“Career services must die!” Thinking holistically about careers

Wake Forest University has created a new model of career development that integrates all aspects...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

How should I choose a career?

Today most career counselors and well-meaning friends would respond to this question with: What...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

From patriarch to peasant: how I ended up as a machinist and not a minister

Here’s another post in an occasional series about blue-collar work and meaning that we’re running...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

A seminary president sits down with a facilities worker to talk faith and work

By Andrew Spencer There are only two people with permanent, personally designated parking spots on...

May 26, 2015

Giving voice to our vocational callings

This post comes to us from Duke Divinity School’s magazine Faith & Leadership, an...

May 24, 2015

Live well, do good, be true

By Byron Borger This post originally appeared at the blog Booknotes. It is from the...

May 18, 2015

Exposing college students to vocation: a case study

By Elaine Bernius An exploration of God’s calling on everyone’s life was at the center...

May 16, 2015

Let your life speak: how to understand your vocational call

How do you discern your vocational path? How do you decide what your contribution to...

May 13, 2015

Coltrane and calling: a message for jazz appreciation month

By Caroline Cross April in the District of Columbia is a magical time of year....

April 2015

April 25, 2015

Your job is NOT a vocation

By Malcolm B. Yarnell III Today we use words like “calling” and “vocation” in association...

April 06, 2015

The most important step to finding your calling

By Dan Cumberland She was burnt out. I could see the pain in her eyes...

April 03, 2015

More disciples, not more members: #6 in a series

Last in a series of posts on Luther, Lutherans, and calling by Lutheran pastor Adam...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

Moving the pastor out of the center: #5 in a series

Fifth in a series of posts on Luther, Lutherans, and calling by Lutheran pastor Adam...

March 24, 2015

The sacrifice to which all Christians are called: #4 in a series

Fourth in a series of posts on Luther, Lutherans, and calling by Lutheran pastor Adam...

March 20, 2015

God is abundantly everywhere: #3 in a series

Third in a series of posts on Luther, Lutherans, and calling by Lutheran pastor Adam...

March 17, 2015

From the archives: [VIDEO] How is failure part of life?

What happens when your journey takes you to unexpected places?

March 16, 2015

No super-Christians: #2 in a series

Second in a series of posts on Luther, Lutherans, and calling by Lutheran pastor Adam...

March 15, 2015

From the archives: Vocation, the holy grail of corporate America

Five hundred billion dollars. That’s how much economists estimate the US economy loses every year...

March 11, 2015

God is in all of life: #1 of a series

Today we're starting a series of posts on Luther, Lutherans, and calling by Lutheran pastor...

March 06, 2015

The work of our hands

So last week we recommended the latest issue of Comment on how the faith and...

March 01, 2015

Voices from the fields: shoveling hog poop

By Phillip Jensen How can I put this delicately? The daily work of my hands...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

Voices from the fields: Baking bread

So a couple of days ago we recommended the latest issue of Comment on how...

February 27, 2015

Pick your palm tree

This post comes to us from The Well. Thanks, folks! By Heather Ardrey There are...

February 05, 2015

Going on vocation. Yes, Google, I said “vocation”

Work is no vacation, right? We have some good friends at Christian History Institute, as...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr. on the Blueprint of Life

“What is your life’s blueprint?” Six months before he was murdered, Martin Luther King delivered...