Resources
Let’s Change How We Asking About Calling
The Church has always been a place for people to discern God’s many callings—including work. Going forward, the Church must prepare people to deal with the tensions of a changing world. To do this, we need to wade through complexities rather than unhelpfully simplify what it means to be called by God into work. So instead of asking, “What job has God called you to?” We might instead ask, “Where do you sense God’s callings in your work?” People will inevitably be required to chart their own course. Will the Church come alongside them in doing so?
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A Long Obedience
A Short Film by Gary Ginter.
Gary Ginter and his wife, Joanna, chose a life of “downward mobility,” giving away much of their wealth and living and worshiping in inner-city Chicago.
Scatter: Find your Calling
A Free Online Course taught by Brian Gray.
Brian Gray, COO at Denver Institute for Faith & Work, teaches through common misconceptions and provides a biblical understanding of calling as a deeply personal and experiential expression of God’s love and missional summons.
Every Good Endeavor
A Book by Tim Keller.
With deep insight and often surprising advice, Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf show readers that biblical wisdom is immensely relevant to our questions about our work.
“What Do We Mean by Personal Wholeness?”
An Article by Matt Rusten.
Our formation is inextricably connected to our vocation.
Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good
A Book by Amy Sherman.
Amy Sherman uses the tsaddiqim of Proverbs 11:10 as a springboard to explore how, through our faith-formed calling, we announce the kingdom of God to our everyday world.
God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in all of Life
A Book by Gene Veith Jr.
In this classic text on vocation, Gene Veith Jr. encourages Christians to view their work through the lens of God’s providence.
Vocation Needs No Justification
An Article by Steve Garber.
Steve Garber writes that held within our vocation is the very gifts that God has given us, these gifts are common graces.
Five Aims in Vocation
Amy Sherman writes while it’s difficult to say with precision what career a particular Christian should take up, it is possible to suggest some overarching vocational aims to pursue. Here are five—each with a story to illustrate: conserving as salt, being light, answering exclusion with invitation, offering protection to the vulnerable, and meeting poverty with generous justice.
Format: Article
The Art of Loading Brush: New Agrarian Writings
A Book by Wendell Berry.
Wendell Berry believes that American cultural problems are nearly always aligned with their agricultural problems.