“Seeing the vital importance of vocation to God’s mission in the world was really a gradual and rather sober awakening in my life and pastoral calling. When I begin to more carefully study Holy Scripture as well as the writings of the Protestant Reformers, I was stunned by what I had failed to grasp....

Given that I live in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, and work often in the Washington area, it’s not uncommon for me to drive on Interstates 81 and 66, often while on the way to participate in some sort of discussion on work and vocation....

Eric had leadership written all over him. Intelligence, good looks, and interpersonal drive had led to an MBA at a major university. When his first business venture failed, he was on to another that succeeded. Several other business successes followed, as did personal leadership projects undertaken at church and in his community....

Part 1, Part 2,  Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Christian Andrews was in his sixth year of studies at Princeton Theological Seminary when he walked away from those studies to help a small group of Christians reach out to youth in his home town of Red Bank, New Jersey. “This group over time began to sense that God had called them together to do mini...