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... Continue Reading
Vocation • Finding Your Vocation The Tragedy of Richard Carstone Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 9 min read What will you be for Halloween this year? Can one ask that in a Christian publication? It probably depends on your generation and geography, to be honest. I must confess... 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... 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... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation The Complexity of Two Histories and Two Hopes Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read I’m not a romantic. There is too much that’s wrong in the world, and given my days and years I have listened to too much heartache and seen too much... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Fear, Greed, Workism, and the Lord’s Prayer Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 19 min read In 2019, Derek Thompson suggested in the Atlantic that work for college-educated Americans had become workism, “the most potent of new religions competing for congregants.” He noted, “No large country in... Continue Reading