Tag: human vocation
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The “Higher Calling” Trap of Vocations
A group of friends and I are doing a small group study using From Success to Significance: When the Pursuit of Success Isn't Enough. The following story is great food for thought: … The first time she [Rosalind Cook] sank here hands into a mound of clay at the age of twenty-six, her soul said,…
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What is Ministry?
Ministry (diakonia) is service. Who determines what service is? The one being served. God calls, and we serve. ANYTHING done in service to God is ministry. Here is how I see it. Human Vocation – In Genesis 1 and 2, we find a call to exercise dominion, a call that is reiterated in various ways…
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Doing God’s Work—At the Office
Wall Street Journal: Doing God's Work—At the Office We are called to be co-creators of a flourishing life on Earth. Christian business professionals have long had an uneasy relationship with the church. Not only does the church tend to privilege church and missionary service over business, but it often condemns business practices and implies the…
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Stewardship and the Human Vocation to Work
Acton PowerBlog: Stewardship and the Human Vocation to Work Gregory Jensen … We also hear in Genesis the divine command to our First Parents to “be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it” (Gn 1:28). This refers not simply to procreation, to the begetting and raising of children in marriage, it also has…
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Best of It: Vocation (Part 2)
[Series Index] In Making the Best of It, John Stackhouse discusses "human vocation" and "Christian vocation." Today we are looking at human vocation. Human Vocation All In short: All human beings are called by God to fulfill the creation commandments [Cultural Mandate and Great Commandments], as we have seen. We are to worship God, see…
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The Other Six Days: C4 – Human Vocation
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 4 – Calling in a Post-vocational Age Human Vocation I have written in the past two posts about personal vocation and Christian vocation. Now we have come to what I consider to be the missing ingredient in most discussions about vocation: human…