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A Life of Meaning

Calling, Purpose, Relationship with God, Vocation

The idea that we need to live a life that matters can be overwhelming, especially when we’re in our late teens and early twenties….

Waiting For Job Charming

Calling, Gifts, Purpose, Vocation, Work

There’s a danger in trying to make a calling—and the exercise of the gifts associated with it—something more exciting, or just sensationalizing it. But…

You Follow Me

Calling, Challenge, Disciples, Discipleship, Following Jesus, Peter

As a child did you ever try and deflect responsibility from yourself to another by asking, “What about So-and-so?” Do your children ever do…

Marco Polo

Calling, Hearing from God, Seeking, Seeking God, Vocation

Sometimes finding God’s calling/vocation on your life feels like a giant game of hide and seek, in which you constantly look in all the…

Imposter Syndrome

2 Corinthians 12:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Calling, Dependence, Exodus 3:1-17, Fear, God's Strength, Inadequacy, Insecurity, Jeremiah 1:4-19, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 147:10-11, Romans 8:26, Sufficiency, Weakness

Have you ever heard of “imposter syndrome”? It’s the persistent fear of being secretly incompetent or inadequate for your job. A lot of us…

Mixed Messages

1 John 2:15-17, Calling, Confusion, Culture, Identification, Imitation, Inclusiveness, James 4:4, Matthew 7:13, Outreach, Pastoring, Romans 12:2, Romans 8:13, Urban Ministry, Worldliness

On one episode of “The Calling,” a Christianity Today podcast, host Richard Clark interviewed pastor Tommy “Urban D” Kyllonen about his ministry in the…

Humility For Unity

2 Corinthians 8:9, Calling, Change, Christ's Character, Christ's Example, Hebrews 4:15, History, Humility, Laying Down, Mark 10:45, Matthew 11:29, Philippians 2:5-11, Resonate, Stakes, Unity

The 2016 Southern Baptist Convention was historic for many reasons. One in particular revolved around the SBC presidential election. When candidates Steven Gaines and…

Is God Your God?

1 John 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Calling, Church, Colossians 4:2, Commitment, Exchange, Idolatry, Love, Mark 11:24, Philippians 4:6-7, Prayer, Priorities, Private Time, Worship

“What you think about in your private time is what you worship.”- Pastor Timothy Keller. Jesus calls for us to make time to pray…

“The Calling”

Calling, Change, Circumstance, Dreams, Gifts, God's Sovereignty, Isaiah 46:10, Job 42:2, Nehemiah 9:6, Path, Placement, Plans, Psalm 135:6, Trusting God, Zechariah 14:9

One episode of The Jim Gaffigan Show, “The Calling,” examines how one’s calling can vastly differ from one’s gifts or placement. In this video,…

No Repayment

1 Corinthians 4:12, Altruism, Calling, Compassion, Freedom, Kindness, Love, Luke 6:33, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 5:44, Repayment, Romans 12:17, Sacrifice, Satisfaction, Service

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”- John Bunyan Our compassionate God calls us…

Volunteer Heroes

1 Peter 4:10, Acts 20:35, Anxious, Calling, Community, Firefighters, Galatians 5:13-14, Hero, John 13:12-14, Matthew 20:28, Risk, Sacrifice, Service, Volunteer

Children are often asked, “What do you want to be when you grow-up?” Many little kids respond, “A firefighter!” There is something attractive about…

God Uses Unlikely People

Calling, Course, Ecclesiastes 8:6, Ezra 1:1-4, Ezra 5:6-12, Ezra 7:11-26, Friendship, God's Plan, Life Path, Luke 10:34, Path of Life, Proverbs 16:4, Purpose, Romans 8:28, Romans 9:17

Sometimes God will use people in our lives to change our course. Some of those people won’t be part of our community of faith. …