We talk with Jeff Henderson, author of What To Do Next: Taking Your Next Step When Life is Uncertain.
We know that more Americans are changing jobs than at any other point since records have been kept. But how are they...
Whether you can't stand your job or just want to try something new, contemplating a career change can be intimidating. Dr. Eli...
Have you found your passion at work? That perfect job that excites you to jump out of...
Obeying God's call led to transformation for Edgerton Gear, a Wisconsin-based custom gear manufacturer.
How can you experience joy in your work when you're working a job that you don't like?
This page has links to free resources for seminary courses on vocation and calling and on the theology of work.
You've worked hard, you've landed the job that you thought you wanted but for whatever reason you're unhappy. How do you know...
How you define success can guide how you live every day and the decisions you make. So...
If there ever really was a golden age when workers spent long years with the same company and retired with gold watches...
CEO Hans Hess felt shame for not being a missionary until he read Luther's writings on vocation.
This post by Samuel Tran originally appeared at The Gospel Coalition. Two years have passed since I joined the workforce and started...
Have you lived a long and productive life doing the thing you planned to do from the very beginning? If so, wonderful...
Have you adjusted to 2017 yet? Perhaps you’re still writing 2016 on your checks, or maybe you’ve already broken a New Year’s...
It’s almost Halloween, a time when some people buy costumes, some people stock up on candy, and some people. . . take...
You left. You got fired. You got married. You got divorced. You got outsourced. Your company moved you from South Dakota to...
"We’re wired for change, aren’t we?" asks Sam Van Eman in his farewell as editor at The High Calling. "A cleaning-out there, a purging here. Eyes on the horizon, we press on."
"I think God may be calling me to something different," I said warily to my senior pastor. ...
No one's career is a straight path; it's a more squiggly, circular, spirally type of path.
What do you do if you hate the job God called you to? Sermon by Will Messenger.
Every now and then, people ask me how a pastor in Southern California ended up serving in a family foundation in Texas. Usually, I explain how much I admired the work of the...
As you experience transitions in life, whether they are welcomed or not, it is reassuring to know that God does not change.
I once made a list of the best things that ever happened in my career, and I was responsible for almost none...
My question stumped Susan, a diligent job seeker, over coffee that morning: “What do you care about that’s larger than you?”
I hold my breath each morning as I swipe my electronic badge, wondering if this is the day my job has been outsourced.
It is a wise thing to both enjoy a good season and not expect it to last forever.
When I fill people in on my plan, they look at me like I'm crazy. In the midst of our move to...
Glenda Hatchett is best known as the Emmy nominated host of Judge Hatchett, a television court show that aired from 2000-2008 and...
Have you changed jobs or even your profession . . . more than once? You’re not alone.
Each new year makes me think about renewal. Some people will make resolutions to change their appearance or behavior. Some just take stock of what has happened in the past year. Some...
Explore what the Bible says about God's calling and your work.
If God leads or guides people to their work, could it ever be legitimate to change jobs? Wouldn’t that be rejecting God’s guidance to the work you already have? Martin Luther, the 16th...
The first commandment reminds us that everything in the Torah flows from the love we have for God, which in turn is...
At least two episodes during this period deserve our attention. The first, Obadiah’s saving of a hundred...
Nearly thirty years have elapsed between chapters two and three. John the Baptist reveals Jesus’ true identity as the Son of God...
Twice Jesus goes to people’s workplaces to call them to follow him. The first is when Jesus gets some fishermen to interrupt...
Acts 19:13-16 presents an odd story that leads to the repentance of “a number who had practiced magic” (Acts 19:19). They collected...
You don't need the perfect job to serve God or experience the life he intends for you.
A structure for using this chapter personally If you have access to some personality information about yourself like the MBTI, think about...
Adolescence is not the only time in our lives when identity development and the search for SoulPurpose come to the fore. It also occurs at other stages, especially midlife. The period of midlife...
Careerism versus Calling When most of us think about the “working week” we have been conditioned to think in terms of careers and occupations. Our work as doctors, teachers, mechanics, retail assistants, human...
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