Can Your Work Be Your Calling?
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
Release Date: 02/21/2017
Prayer and the Development of a Deeper Sense of Mission
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
In this program, we will talk about a time when Jesus went off and prayed by himself in the early morning hours, while it was still dark, and emerged with a very clear and powerful sense of mission. This might tell us something about a potential connection between prayer and our work and maybe between prayer and the sense of mission and purpose we bring to our work.
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The Story of Norman Borlaug and the Fight Against Global Famine
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
This week we talk about the story of Norman Borlaug and his fight against famine. We also note some of the theological implications of Borlaug's work.
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Weathering the Storms of Financial Crisis
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
In this episode we talk about financial crisis, and how our faith and our spirituality can help us prepare for and survive such crisis. Along the way we will explore the story of Joseph and Pharaoh, and how Joseph's actions helped Egypt survive a potentially devastating famine.
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Everyday Heroes in the Workplace
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
This week we talk about everyday heroes – – the people who show up for work every day, doing work they do not particularly like, in order to support others for whom they care.
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Risk and Opportunity in Our Work Lives
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
Most of us encounter both risk and opportunity in our work lives. How we understand and respond to these can make a big difference in our work lives and in how we live.
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Leisure and the Sabbath: The Gift of Rest and Renewal
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
Most of us know that we could benefit from periodically taking time off from our work and responsibilities, and enjoying a time of rest and renewal. But that does not make it easy to do.
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Two Competing Visions of the Future: Freedom and Dignity in Genesis 1 vs. The Babylonian Captivity
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
The creation story found at the beginning of the Bible had special meaning for the people of Israel during the period known as the Babylonian captivity in the sixth century BCE.
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Gratitude at Work
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
(World Gratitude Day is September 21)
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Wisdom and Failure: The Story of King Solomon
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
Solomon was one of the greatest kings in the Bible, perhaps second only to King David. He accomplished great things and had a reputation for having great wisdom.
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Courage in the Workplace
Faith and Enterprise Podcast: Spiritual Renewal for Your Work Life
Many of us encounter anxiety, stress, and even fear in the workplace. There is a large amount of literature devoted to ways to cope with these problems; but instead of just coping, as though we were mere victims, what if we were able to move forward into the future with more courage? What if we could live more fully, with more vitality, in the face of what would otherwise be burdensome fears? Is it possible to develop the habit of living more courageously?
info_outlineNo matter what we see as the primary purpose of our work, it is clear that if we can find more meaning in it, then we are likely to be more effective, more purposeful, and happier. For some people, this means seeing their work as their calling.
In this episode we talk about what it means to have a calling, and how we might develop or find it. While people have used several very different definitions, we will focus on what we see as its key aspects.