The Call is Coming from Inside the House

Callings fascinate me. I have felt what I might call a calling to many things, but there is always an element of uncertainty in it for me. Is this right? Should I be doing this? Why am I compelled to do this? “Callings are a strange thing” in so many ways…

The Power of Authenticity

Parker Palmer’s statement, “What we see is simple but often ignored: the movements that transform us, our relations, and our world emerge from the lives of people who decide to care for their authentic selfhood. The social systems in which these people must survive often try to force them to live in…

Profession vs Salary

Every day, I struggle with the question that lives in my mind: Should I continue pursuing my current major even though I am aware that the field is known for not paying well? My major is psychology, and I am enjoying taking the classes I am enrolled in. I will only obtain a high salary if I…

Harding’s Callings

Throughout Harding’s story, he lists many callings he experienced in his life. These callings varied from what college to attend to what job he should specifically pursue. Harding says, “ Callings are a strange thing. I know what it means: I am a witness, in spite of myself, beyond myself, and…

Money vs. Happiness

I think someone is called to a job in life that they should enjoy. Most people these days don’t choose their job based off of their happiness but based off how much money they are going to make. I believe the job you do everyday should be something you absolutely love to do. If you don’t love your job…

MLK JR.

Martin Luther King was a firm believer in equality and equal opportunities for everyone. King watched and realized what was wrong with our country and knew he couldn’t just sit back and observe anymore. He knew without at least attempting to make a change, everything would get worse. King gathered his ideas and…

Holistic Response

This is not the first time I have read Bonhoeffer’s work, although that was with a very different focus. I find his work compelling and this was no exception even for how short it was. We have discussed how activism interacts with having a good life before, but with the new focus on vocation…

Silent Oppressors

Elizabeth Anderson’s observations in “Liberty, Equality, and Private Government” shed light on a complex part of modern employment contracts that has significant impacts on individual liberty. The inclusion of non-compete agreements as modern tools similar to past forms of enslavement is…

Callings

I believe everyone in life has a vocation or a calling to help them find what they are supposed to do in life. I also think it comes in different times in life. For example I don’t exactly know what my vocation is yet but I have an idea of what I want it to be. A good example of someone following their vocation…

The Improbable

Dorothy L. Sayers wrote a theological essay called “Why Work” based on her experiences and opinions of work and the vocation that partners with it. Sayers commented “we live in order to work.” I hate to admit the truth behind this statement. We live in a capitalist society that ranks you by how much…