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
Vocation • On Daily Work Working For a Bad Boss Rev. Ryan Laughlin | 9 min read Who was the worst boss you ever had? I suspect a name and a face come quickly to mind. In fact, bad leaders are easy to remember. While some of... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work The Need to be Needed: Finding Dignity in Our Life’s Work Erin Rodewald | 13 min read More than a dozen years have passed since we buried my father-in-law. I sometimes wonder what he would make of our historical moment. Jim had a servant’s heart, and COVID... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation On January 1 Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read There is a day when the road neither comes nor goes, and the way is not a way but a place. — Wendell Berry Poetry is mystery. Sometimes we know,... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work November 11: A Sacred Day for a Biblical Calling Rev. Nathan Newman | 9 min read On November 11, 2021, thousands of Washington, D.C. locals and visitors processed in reverent silence to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, commemorating its one hundredth year. Situated... Continue Reading