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Behind the Scenes with Ryan Corcoran
What is it like to create videos of people talking about their callings, the joys and challenges of their life and work? We interviewed Ryan Corcoran, owner of Modern Image Film & Video...
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Teaching with Spirit
Jenell Paris has been teaching anthropology to undergraduate students for nearly 20 years. She loves anthropology, and she also loves teaching. Yet, like many teachers across the spectrum of...
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Gifts, Call, and Discernment
Wellesley Village Church was founded in 1798 in Wellesley, MA, about 15 miles west of Boston. The United Church of Christ congregation was a member of the Exploring Vocation in Community program in...
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Lauren’s Story
In the latest addition to our Lives Explored video series on vocation, Lauren reflects on the process of coming to peace with her calling as an editor. “I love to put words on a page, I love to help...
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Visitation Sisters
The Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis was founded in 1989 as an urban monastery with the desire to express contemplative life in a new way—a commitment to be one with those who live on the edge...
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The Art and Spiritual Practice of Discernment
To be human is to make decisions. In fact, according to many thinkers, our will, or complex ability to make choices, is a central quality that separates us from other species. As Elizabeth Liebert...
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Sharing our whole lives
The Church of St. Paul & the Redeemer is an Episcopal parish in the Hyde Park/Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The congregation took part in our Exploring Vocation in Community program...
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Eat, Pray, Sleep
When some people go on maternity or paternity leave, they leave all thoughts of what they do in their professional lives behind. Not Laura Kelly Fanucci, research associate at the Collegeville...
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Embodying Christ in Every Context, Part One
John Lewis is founder and co-director of the WorkShop, an organization in San Antonio, Texas, which sponsors a variety of groups and classes designed to disciple people in the way of Jesus and help...
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Embodying Christ in Every Context, Part Two
In the second part of this interview, we talked to John about how his identity as a Pauline scholar and former attorney informs his work on vocation. Read Part I of the interview. Janel Kragt Bakker:...
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Five Vocation Blessings for Thanksgiving & Advent
Thanksgiving and Advent are full of festive gatherings in church communities. Closing a meeting or meal with a blessing over participants can be a fitting end to any time of working, learning, praying,...
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To My Children, Called in Childhood
Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting by Laura Kelly Fanucci Liturgical Press, 2014, 152 pp. In this excerpt from her book Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting, Laura Kelly...
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Calling and Community
Jack Fortin is a senior fellow at Augsburg College’s Center for Faith and Learning and author of The Centered Life: Awakened, Called, Set Free, Nurtured (Augsburg Fortress, 2006). Formerly, he was...
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In Part One of this interview, Jack Fortin spoke with Janel Kragt Bakker about the role of community in discerning calling. In Part Two, Janel asks Jack about the vocation challenges and opportunities...
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Listening & Leading with Purpose, Meaning & Joy
Deepening Engagement: Essential Wisdom for Listening and Leading with Purpose, Meaning and Joy By Diane M. Millis SkyLight Paths Publishing, March 2015, 176 pp. Diane M. Millis works with the...
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Finding Livelihood—Where Labor and Love Meet - An Interview with Nancy J....
Livelihood, in the fullest sense of the word, means more than only work. Nancy Nordenson suggests we look at our work within the context of our broader life journey. The post Finding Livelihood—Where...
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When Caregiving Calls Unexpectedly - Jane’s Story
When Jane first began caring for her father-in-law, she felt like he was taking her away from her calling. Over time, she made a surprising discovery. The post When Caregiving Calls Unexpectedly...
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The Dark Side of Vocation - An Interview with Katherine Turpin, Part One
Is the search for vocation a white, middle-class privilege? Katherine Turpin delves into this question and more in part one of our interview.
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Called as Youth and Young Adults - An Interview with Katherine Turpin, Part Two
In part two of this interview with Katherine Turpin, she explains that for youth and young adults, trying things out is part of the ongoing process of calling.
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To be called - An excerpt from Living Your Discipleship
In this book excerpt, Kathleen Cahalan explores the calling to discipleship shared by all Christians.
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