Archive for the 'Calling' Category

What’s Your Definition of Full-Time Ministry?

During the summer just after I had just completed my MBA, I was prompted to take a step back and consider whether I was being called into “full-time ministry” or I was being called into the marketplace (Interesting time to consider this, isn’t it?). At the time I was devoting the majority of my […]

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Published in: Calling, 7 - Approved for print, 1 - Submitted | on August 8th, 2006 | 5 Comments »

Is Your Work Sacred or Secular?

As a son of life-long missionaries, I have always felt the tension between work in the business world and “full-time ministry.” I was about to graduate from an Ivy League university with highest honors in finance and engineering, but as a follower of Jesus, I was conflicted about using that first-rate education in my vocation. […]

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Published in: Calling, 7 - Approved for print, 1 - Submitted | on November 8th, 2005 | 5 Comments »

Changing Circumstances, An Unchanging God

Ten years have past since I began my first job after college, and ten years doesn’t seem time enough to explain how different my life has become. Then I was single and unsure of what the future held, now I am married with two wonderful children; then my job had a clear ministry purpose, […]

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Published in: Calling, Belief, 1 - Submitted, Uncategorized | on October 23rd, 2005 | 4 Comments »

God’s Creativity in Job Placement

“Well, I guess the business world needs caring and compassionate people, too,” my college faculty advisor sighed after presenting me with a Human Development Outstanding Achievement Award at graduation. Under her supervision, I had done a number of social services internships in preparation for a career in social work.
But during the summer before my […]

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Published in: Calling, 7 - Approved for print, 1 - Submitted | on October 5th, 2005 | 4 Comments »