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- Calling Vocation (Overview) | Theology of Work
Introduction When Christians ask about vocation (or "calling"), we usually mean, “Is God calling me to a particular job, profession or type of work?” This is a significant question, because the work we do is important to God If work is important, it makes sense to ask what work God wants us to do In the Bible, God does indeed call people—some people, at least—to particular work, and
- Contemporary Understandings of Vocation - Theology of Work
In their vocations people are invited in a certain direction or coaxed along a particular path or career Christian vocation, rooted in our best and deepest hopes for our lives, leads us along certain careers supported by particular life-styles, focussed on the promise of the Kingdom of God
- Calling Vocation - Theology of Work
The professional ministry has been elevated as the vocation of vocations and the primary work to which a person should give evidence of a call Martin Luther was eloquent on the tragic results of this two-level view of vocation, stemming as it did from medieval monasticism, though now extending into modern Christianity:
- Everyday Christians - Theology of Work
This article is part of a series at The High Calling on "The Local Church Equipping Us in Our Vocations " It seems that in many church contexts, what we do Monday through Friday is the least important thing
- Types of God’s Calling - Theology of Work
The calling to belong to Christ goes deeper than the kinds of workplace “calling” that are the main focus of this article For this reason, it is important to start our exploration of calling with the call to follow Jesus It is a call to a restored relationship with God and with other people and with the world around us It encompasses all of a person’s being and doing It reminds us
- Thinkers on Vocation and Theology of Work in The… | Theology of Work
Discussion of vocation in the Vatican II documents is dominated by the identification of vocation with the calling of priests and religious into their religious ‘vocations’ However, there is also some discussion of the vocation of the laity with relation to their work in the world
- Thesis on Vocation, the Theology of Work and the… | Theology of Work
Alistair Mackenzie's thesis Faith at Work explores the pastoral implications of vocation and work theology
- The Transforming Power of Helping People in Their Vocations: Pastors . . .
Helping People in Their Vocations Benefits the Church Shifting a church’s discipleship paradigm to include a robust understanding of the high calling of people’s everyday work has amazing benefits to that church’s mission
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