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calling

Purpose, vocation and mission.

2017

Job Definitions

Jul 10

My role in my job is not the limit to who I am.

4 min · calling · career

2015

Gardening and God

May 3

It’s difficult to be working among creation and not think of the creator.

4 min · calling · outdoors

2014

First World Problems

Nov 30

The holiday season makes me think hard about the things we take for granted in our first-world bubble.

3 min · calling
Bucket Lists

Oct 21

Everyone has something on a bucket list, even if it’s not something they’ve ever formally written down.

2 min · calling · productivity
It’s a Dirty Job

Sept 3

I’ve earned 3 college degrees and established myself in a solid career, but I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.

4 min · calling · career
How Vested are You?

Jun 16

To have a “vested interest” in something means you need to have actually invested something. Hearing someone who’d been paid for their time, had reneged twice on offers to actually invest in a business, and had nothing tied up in the business itself claim a “vested interest” felt incredibly wrong.

2 min · calling · church
Life is Precious

May 3

My trip home from Brazil took far longer than expected.

3 min · calling · character
Air Travel and Elitism

Apr 25

I’m not going to pay $300-1000 more for a first class ticket just to experience a handful of perks. What does that imply about my worth to airline employees?

4 min · calling · character
Own Your Space

Mar 11

Knowing who you are, where you stand, and being able to hold your ground when challenged is the difference between living and living in fear – the latter of which I would argue is no sort of living at all.

3 min · calling · character
The Path to my Present

Feb 19

I get to keep telling stories for my customers, and I get to keep writing my own as I go.

6 min · calling · career

2012