Vocation • Visions of Vocation Finding Our Vocational Story in the World of Stories Paul Cho | 11 min read One Saturday early morning, after dropping my wife Esther at her work on Burrard St. in downtown Vancouver, I headed to the nearby Thierry coffee shop. As part of my Saturday morning routine, I ordered an americano and French croissant and was enjoying the time of reading and reflecting for the day. That morning, I... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation 1 Thessalonians on Work: For the Glory of God and the Good of Our Brother Patrick Quinn | 10 min read In AD 52, the Apostle Paul wrote a letter, either the first or second New Testament epistle ever written, to a small church in the city of Thessalonica, a church he had started not long before. This church was planted in a highly cosmopolitan, affluent, powerful city where Christians struggled with the same kinds of... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation The Holy Land of our Lives: The Vocation of John Muir, and What His Means for Ours Dr. Steven Garber | 7 min read “I don’t like either the word [hiking] or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains — not hike! Do you know the origin of that word ‘saunter?’ It’s a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Too Small to Fail Rev. Dr. Ryan Laughlin | 11 min read The fact that we celebrate the American worker by not working tells us something about our relationship with work — it is very complicated. Even Labor Day itself has an interesting background. When President Grover Cleveland signed the law that made Labor Day an official national holiday in 1894, he did so against a backdrop... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation Baal’s Business: Betraying Our Faith at Work Brandon Cobb | 9 min read Barbie Dreamhouse recently celebrated 62 years of existence.[1] The first house included a black and white TV box, an uneven checkered rug, and a painful-looking plaid couch. Dreamhouse Toys began with a modest fantasy. Yet, few artifacts outline the recent history of commoditization as thoroughly as the Barbie Dreamhouse. Each decade fetched a brighter idea... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation Over the Shoulder, Through the Heart Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read Over the shoulder, through the heart. An image that I never get far from, I think and think about it some more. My PhD studies drew me to learning about learning, especially the way that belief becomes behavior, that behavior becomes belief; and in the years of my life I have wondered time and again... Continue Reading
