Faith • Theological Reflections Reweaving Shalom: An Interview with Author Hugh Whelchel Rev. Joe Palekas | 13 min read Things are not the way they are supposed to be – COVID, racial injustice, political division. The list goes on. Does the very fact that everyone agrees things should be different mean anything? Hugh Whelchel thinks so. Our recognition that things are not as they ought to be points us to a deeper reality –... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation “Because I Want To?” – A Christian Approach to Desire and Vocational Calling Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 10 min read Many will remember the old game show The $64,000 Question, an American television staple in the 1950’s. As time passes, fewer may remember that the phrase predated the show. The phrase “$64,000 question” indicated the question at the heart of the issue, often the question hardest to answer. One can see the obvious appeal when... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation Embracing the Unknown: Rethinking the Job Search John Kyle | 9 min read Having a new job is exciting – new challenges and experiences, opportunities to work with new people, and chance to learn and grow professionally. Finding a new job, on the other hand, can seem like navigating a maze with many unexpected turns and dead ends. The ebbs and flows of the job search quickly turn... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Motherhood as Vocation Kate Harris | 8 min read This article is reposted from its first publication in 2009. We’ve found these reflections to have lasting relevance, and to be well worth revisiting. In Washington DC, it is only a matter of time before the kind woman standing next to me at a cocktail party will turn from talking with my husband and ask the inevitable,... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation Stop “Letting Go and Letting God” Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 14 min read It is high time to put open and closed doors in their place. “Well, that’s an open door, so I guess God wants me to walk through it.” Or, “That’s a closed door, so it must not be God’s will.” Such statements sound like trust in God, but in fact they indicate Christians taking the... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation Gently Glowing Bushes: When Your Calling Isn’t Obvious Rev. Bill Haley | 5 min read It’s one of the most common–and paralyzing–questions that Christians ask, “How do I know my vocation?” Many times I’ve talked to folks who are afraid to make a bold move forward, or are stuck between good options and unable to move for fear of missing God’s will. Karen Yates writes: How do we find what... Continue Reading
