{"id":7287,"date":"2024-05-29T10:52:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/missionwork\/?p=7287"},"modified":"2024-05-24T11:08:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:08:42","slug":"every-vocation-everywhere-all-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/missionwork\/2024\/05\/every-vocation-everywhere-all-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Vocation Everywhere All At Once"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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When I wrote my post about Billy Joel and Taylor Swift<\/a> last week, I referred to Billy Joel\u2019s song \u201cTurn the Lights Back On\u201d in passing. But it really deserves its own post. If you go watch the lyric video, which is excellently done, you can interpret it as a portrait of a romantic relationship, which is fine.<\/p>\n

But if you watch this video below \u2013 where, with Billy\u2019s permission, AI is used<\/a> to create versions of him singing the song at different eras of his life even though he released it in 2024 \u2013 it is sheer genius.\u00a0Joel is 22 years older than me, which means he\u2019s closer in age to me than I am to my kids. By the time you get to my age, the more you do things on several age levels at once, especially if you\u2019re doing them in the same spot where you did the same thing decades ago. This is a really great picture of how that feels.<\/p>\n

What is a vocation? How does it endure through the years? Can it change? How does a vision persevere? Are we the same person now that we were fifty years ago?<\/p>\n

Also, why do I cry every time I watch this video?<\/p>\n