The Christian History Institute has put out a two-part video on vocation. It’s called Going on Vocation. I’m in it. See the trailer after the jump. (more…)
The Christian History Institute has put out a two-part video on vocation. It’s called Going on Vocation. I’m in it. See the trailer after the jump. (more…)
In the second in Mission Work’s series on a Lutheran perspective on faith & work, Rev. Adam Roe offers a post entitled No super-Christians. He discusses Luther’s reaction against the view that those who want to be particularly spiritual–“super-Christians”–would become monks, nuns, or priests. These were considered callings from God–“vocations”–while lay occupations were not.
I would add that the specific way that a person became a “super-Christian” contributed to the problem: A person who sought to become “religious” took–and still takes–vows. (more…)
The blog Mission Work, which focuses on faith, work, and economics, is hosting a series on the Lutheran perspective on these issues, also known as the doctrine of vocation. Every few days for several weeks, it will post some reflections by Rev. Adam Roe, a pastor in the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC). I’ve been asked to respond to what he has to say. His first post is about the Priesthood of All Believers. (more…)
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, I offer you something he said about vocation:
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
As I said in my own contribution, Patheos has put together a symposium on vocation, involving blogs on the Faith & Work channel and the Evangelical channel. Since Luther’s doctrine of vocation is a major theme of this the Cranach blog, I took part, and I invite you too to join the discussion. This may introduce you to other blogs you’d like to follow, and since together we have thought long and hard about these issues here, I hope you will contribute your insights. So, for the symposium, go here: My Faith and My Calling | Patheos.
The Faith and Work channel at Patheos is sponsoring a symposium with other blogs interested in the subject. That would have to include us at the Cranach institute, since one of the major themes here is the doctrine of vocation. The topic is the “big questions” of vocation, as raised by the quotations posted here. Interestingly, the writers quoted are all from the Roman Catholic tradition, but I think the struggles they are articulate are common to evangelicals and other Protestants as well. Here we can see just how helpful Luther’s distinctive take on vocation really is.
Read the quotations,
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