Chris interviews Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund about her new book, coauthored with Denise Daniels, Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work. Hear about how less than half of Christians view their work as a calling, how there can be more than one dimension to our calling at work, what standing up for […]
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Think about making career decisions like preparing a soup. The questions you ask while discerning what’s next are like the different ingredients that mix together to form the final product. One key ingredient that we sometimes leave out is this question: Who is God calling me to love? Sometimes God gives us a
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In the first century, the earliest followers of Jesus called him “Lord.” That means they thought he had the authority to call the shots. Beyond the Jesus tradition, people from many different backgrounds relate to God like a boss. He gives the orders, they execute.
That raises the question: What kind of boss is Jesus?
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When we think about callings, we often ask, “What is God calling me to do?” But some other questions are just as important: “Where is God calling me to go?” “Is God calling me to stay?” In Scripture, we see examples of God sending people to specific places, sometimes with no substantive change in what
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Chris interviews Zack Wilson about his experience helping start LINK Kalamazoo. On a few prayer walks during the pandemic, Zack started asking, “Why couldn’t something great happen here?” An initial idea for networking events evolved into a group that’s helping make Kalamazoo a more vibrant place, from business partnerships to influencing the city’s ten-year master
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When you’re at a significant career juncture, how do you involve other people in your decision-making process? It can get dicey. On the one hand, we want helpful counsel. On the other hand, we risk being judged or getting unhelpful advice. Parker J. Palmer writes about this tension that “we often privatize these vital
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Growing up in a Christian subculture prone to both kitsch and mnemonic devices, I was subjected early on to many cringe-worthy didactic moments. One shining example was a motivational poster on the wall that asked, “Do you have an attitude of gratitude?” The subtext seemed to be, “We know how to make
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It can be helpful to think about what God calls you to as the intersection of three circles: What You Desire (Your Deep Gladness) What the World Needs (The World’s Deep Hunger) An Economic Engine (God’s Practical Provision) Sometimes, a single brilliant job hits all three areas. More often, we need a combination of jobs,
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Chris interviews Dr. Karen Swallow Prior about her new book, You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful. Hear about how “follow your passion” is terrible career advice, how doing ordinary things well can deeply honor God, and how calling can transcend profession and pay. Regardless of what we do
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The language and idea of “calling” sometimes gets thrown around a lot in Christian circles. Not everything we tend to think or say about calling in our particular Christian subculture is necessarily rooted in the witness of Scripture. In this episode, Chris tackles four myths about calling that sometimes surface: Myth #1: You only have
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