Thoughts about vocation, work and relationship
17th September 2005
From time to time reflections about work, vocation and ministry occupy my thoughts. As someone who very early in life felt the “call” to “full-time Christian ministry” I often ponder about the implications about “full-time Christian service.” Previously, spurred by a friend’s email, I pondered about the difference between thinking about your work, profession or vocation as a career and thinking about it as an occupation. There is a sense in which focussing on career advancement for instance may impinge upon our calling as God’s stewards. I also wrote and thought a little about how our sense of self-identity is often wrapped up in the work that we do, or the professional titles that we use at work.
For instance, my role at my present company is to seek new relationships with companies to do business with our company. Such a professional role is often known as “Business Development Executive” or “New Account Executive”. Both very professional sounding name. What did I choose to call myself? I often introduce myself as “The Sales Guy”. Because I feel that is descriptive of my role and work. Also, because I wish to elevate the status of sales people generally. Anyway, I am digressing here. Will come back to this line of thought perhaps in a separate post.
Let me back up to my earlier thoughts about vocation, call and ministry.
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