Career Advice & Insights

Beyond The Path of Least Resistance: Pursuing Your True Career Calling

Sep 26, 2023

People often find themselves at a crossroads in pursuing their career calling, needing to know how to select the right path. Not knowing how to make wise career decisions can lead to poor career decisions from following “the path of least resistance,” which is the path that is easiest. The path of least resistance is tempting because it often requires the least risk and allows one to stay in one's comfort zone. In this article, we...

Follow Your Heart or Your Head? The Dilemma of Choosing a Career in a World of Limitless Options

Jun 01, 2023

The Paradox of Career Passion vs. Practicality Paradox and career are two words that often don't go hand in hand. Yet, paradoxically, successful career paths often include embracing a paradoxical mindset. A paradox is an apparently contradictory statement or situation that contains some truth or validity. This means that if you can learn to embrace the concepts of a paradox and accept them as part of your career journey, you can...

10 Ways to Assess Your Career and Live Your Calling in 2023

Jan 26, 2023

While it is wise to get a check-up annually from your doctor, it can be equally important to do the same for your career. Doing so can lead to living your calling as a healthier, more joyful worker in your current job or a new one. Here are ten ways to assess your career and live your calling in 2023. 1. Assess your work. How has the pandemic impacted your work? Have you been a part of the "great resignation" or the "quiet...

Don’t Waste Your Life

Oct 19, 2022

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra’s article, “How John Piper’s Seashells Swept Over a Generation” describes how Piper’s forty-minute Passion Conference talk changed the lives of thousands. On a gray, overcast afternoon on May 20, 2000, Pastor John Piper, a keynote speaker at the Passion Conference, waited to speak to more than 40,000 college students. Piper was anxious as he pictured speaking to this large crowd. ...

This Quote Can Help You Find Your Calling

Sep 14, 2022

“ The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet ” is one of the most quoted and most useful definitions of Christian calling. It was written by Frederick Buechner, a minister, theologian, and popular writer who died on August 15, 2022 at the age of 96. Having written 40 books, he was a favorite author of many people. In a 1996 interview, he said of his writing,...

Mid-Year Life Calling Checkup: What is God Calling You to Do in the Second Half of 2022?

Jul 29, 2022

Mid-Year Life Calling Checkup: What is God Calling You to Do in the Second Half of 2022? Mid-Year Life Calling Checkup July 2 was the middle point of the year. On that date, there were 182 days before and 182 after that date. As of today, there are 152 days left in the year. How have the first 213 days of the year gone for you? This midpoint of the year can be an opportunity to access important life categories...

Goal Setting and Action Planning to Live Your Calling

Feb 21, 2022

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions in January? Is it hard to even remember? Most of us have experienced making New Year's resolutions and then finding a month later it is hard to even remember what we wanted to change! Perhaps one of your resolutions was to find work that is rewarding, fulfilling and a calling from God. And yet, a month later you have made no progress and wonder if it is even possible to find...

Five Unexpected Benefits from COVID-19 to Help You Live Your Calling

Nov 08, 2021

Introduction The worldwide pandemic has led to costly losses for so many people. In the United States alone, almost 600,000 people have died from COVID-19, with many more possibly permanently harmed. Our economy came to a halt; students missed out on a year of face-to-face schooling; families were separated which led to isolation and loneliness. In the face of these hardships, we may question what good God can bring from the pandemic in...

Making Career Decisions Within God's Will for Your Life

Sep 24, 2021

Are you wrestling with a career decision, not sure which path to take? Are you wondering which direction the Lord desires you to go? If so, you are not alone! Many Christians struggle with making career decisions at various points in their lives. For example, when Kay Marie was a sophomore in college, and a fairly new Christian, she desired with her whole heart to do what God wanted her to do with her life. As a communication major, she...

Thinking about Quitting Your Job, Read This First

Jun 21, 2021

Gallup's State of the Global Workplace Report 2021 describes how the pandemic has decreased job engagement with "roughly seven in 10 employees struggling or suffering, rather than thriving, in their overall lives." As defined by Gallup, an employee is engaged at work if they “are involved in, enthusiastic about and committed to their work and workplace.” The report describes the negative emotions that these people are...

3 Signs You're in a Career Rut and How to Climb Out

May 20, 2021

No young person ever says, "I want to be stuck in a career rut when I grow up," yet that is exactly where many working adults find themselves. How about you? Is it getting harder to make yourself get out of bed in the morning? Do you feel like you are just playing a role as you go through your workday? Do you wish you were excited about your work instead of struggling to endure it? Or, perhaps COVID-19 has left you feeling like your plans for...

How to Decide if an In-Demand Job is Right for You

Mar 11, 2021

Are you seeking to make a career change and wondering what God is calling you to do next? Are you between jobs and want to make wise career decisions? Or, are you a student planning your initial career path and wondering how you can best serve God with your gifts? Whatever your situation, is it is important to know the future trends in the job market for jobs that are of interest to you. Job market trends give you a good...

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