Vocation • On Daily Work Redefining “Perfect”: Future-Focused Work Erik Yeary | 12 min read It is possibly the most unfair question in any job interview: “Tell me, what are your weaknesses?” What a trap question! And, whatever you say, please don’t fall into the... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Proverbs and Work Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 12 min read North American society seems to be in the midst of a first world problem: the great reevaluation of work. Work used to be Mr. Incredible, pushing paper in a job... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation On Films and Food, and More Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read What does food mean, anyway? And why do we eat? For years I have been drawn into the profoundly-formed vision of Alexander Schmemann, even beginning courses on vocation by asking... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation Something More Seamless Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read “What’s the difference between my regular life, and my Christian life?” At the end of a summer school course on the nature of vocation, a woman who had been coming... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation He Takes Her Pain into His Hands Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “He takes her pain into his hands.” Wanting to pay attention—in that deepest way that Simone Weil calls us to —I have been reading a novel by Eugene Vodolazkin, set... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Dealing with Disappointment at Work John Kyle | 5 min read Working with young adults starting their first jobs, I am often asked about disappointment at work. The expectation-reality gap of a new job can be an especially striking and confusing... Continue Reading