In the forty-fourth episode of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished...
Tag: vocation
Introducing Christian Scholar’s Review Themed Issue: Vocation
I am grateful to the editors of Christian Scholar’s Review for their invitation to guest edit a special issue of the journal, focusing on vocation...
“Do Your Students Like You?”: Questions From My Daughters About My Vocation, Part II
Editor’s note: This blog is part II of a two-part series based on questions Professor Kim received from his two daughters, Alyssa (7th grade) and...
“You only teach two classes? What do you do the rest of your day?” Questions From My Daughters About My Vocation
For many faculty with school-age children at home, it is a common dilemma that inevitably comes around a couple of times a year: our children’s...
Hearing Vocation Differently: Meaning, Purpose, and Identity in the Multi-Faith Academy
Clark Kerr, former president of the University of California, once quipped that universities have become “a series of individual faculty...
Ecology of Vocation: Recasting Calling in a New Planetary Era
“California’s Apocalyptic Fires” “Drought Conditions Expected to Worsen and Spread Farther” “Flooded Canadians Fear the Next Disaster” “Between Heat...
Strange Love or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Grading (& Other Thoughts on Vocation)
End of the quarter grading used to make me sick to my stomach. By the second afternoon of my three-day grading marathon, I would be so hepped...
Binocular Vision in Life and Vocation
“As humans we have two eyes to view the world; their combined binocular vision brings depth not available to either eye on its own.” — Sir John T....
Being on Call, Learning to Love: Why Vocation is Good News for Us All
Over the past two decades, there has been a surprising resurgence of interest in, and appreciation for, the relevance of vocational exploration in...