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Trying this Again

I’ve started this post 5 different ways, and none of them felt right. How do you approach people you haven’t seen/talked to you in so long? A hug, maybe? Hugs, friends.

Yes, I’m back after 6 weeks away.

The break was everything I needed it to be. I was in a bad place, probably a lot worse than I let on to here. Not ready to quit everything, but questioning the value and purpose of it all.

I had a handful of honest conversations, people I could be honest with in a healthy way. I’m so grateful...

Creating, Failing, Stopping

Lately I’ve been feeling discouraged, like a failure.

Maybe the expectations I set for myself were too high. Maybe it wasn’t my fault. A few projects I worked hard over a long period of time came short of expectations. And in the process of those slowly falling apart, I started to sense something welling up with me, “I failed.”

I’m a doer, a guy who gets things done. I work as hard as hell until the project is done well. It’s a foreign world to me to see a project not finish well, much less s...

A Prayer for the Work of God and Humanity

Today’s post from Paul Pastor is the finale ofHinneh: a blog series on vocation and calling. If you’d rather read all the posts from the series in a short ebook, the writers have generously made it available for free. You can download a PDF copy here, or downloads in Epub (most tablets/e-readers) and Mobi (Kindle) formats are available as well. To receive the rest of the series in your inbox, sign up here.

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For prayer together, especially at times of planting and harvest.

Leader: God of all...

On (A)vocation

Today’s post from Jenelle D’Alessandro is part ofHinneh: a blog series on vocation and calling. If you’d rather read all the posts from the series in a short ebook, the writers have generously made it available for free. You can download a PDF copy here, or downloads in Epub (most tablets/e-readers) and Mobi (Kindle) formats are available as well. To receive the rest of the series in your inbox, sign up here.

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To be honest, I don’t have the hots for the word “calling,” these days. Neither d...

When You Aren’t Gifted, God Equips the Called

Today’s post from Jonathan Pearson is part ofHinneh: a blog series on vocation and calling. If you’d rather read all the posts from the series in a short ebook, the writers have generously made it available for free. You can download a PDF copy here, or downloads in Epub (most tablets/e-readers) and Mobi (Kindle) formats are available as well. To receive the rest of the series in your inbox, sign up here.

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God calls people.

It’s one of the foundational understandings in scripture. Throughou...

Calling is a Verb

Today’s post from Cara Strickland is part ofHinneh: a blog series on vocation and calling. If you’d rather read all the posts from the series in a short ebook, the writers have generously made it available for free. You can download a PDF copy here, or downloads in Epub (most tablets/e-readers) and Mobi (Kindle) formats are available as well. To receive the rest of the series in your inbox, sign up here.

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When I was younger, the idea of a calling was so much easier. I remember youth group s...

Your Will Be Done

Today’s post from Arleen Spenceley is part ofHinneh: a blog series on vocation and calling. If you’d rather read all the posts from the series in a short ebook, the writers have generously made it available for free. You can download a PDF copy here, or downloads in Epub (most tablets/e-readers) and Mobi (Kindle) formats are available as well. To receive the rest of the series in your inbox, sign up here.

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I am a Roman Catholic Christian. A “God person,” according to the not-so-into-God kid...

Vocation in Stages

Today’s post from Kyle Reed is part ofHinneh: a blog series on vocation and calling. If you’d rather read all the posts from the series in a short ebook, the writers have generously made it available for free. You can download a PDF copy here, or downloads in Epub (most tablets/e-readers) and Mobi (Kindle) formats are available as well. To receive the rest of the series in your inbox, sign up here.

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Do you remember those times as a kid when someone asked you what you wanted to be when you gr...

An Incarnational Call: Timeless Vs. Time-Full Understandings of Calling

Today’s post from Ryan J. Pemberton is part ofHinneh: a blog series on vocation and calling. If you’d rather read all the posts from the series in a short ebook, the writers have generously made it available for free. You can download a PDF copy here, or downloads in Epub (most tablets/e-readers) and Mobi (Kindle) formats are available as well. To receive the rest of the series in your inbox, sign up here.

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“I don’t think this is where you’ll always be,” my wife said to me in a moment of hon...

By Design

Today’s post from Lore Ferguson is part ofHinneh: a blog series on vocation and calling. If you’d rather read all the posts from the series in a short ebook, the writers have generously made it available for free. You can download a PDF copy here, or downloads in Epub (most tablets/e-readers) and Mobi (Kindle) formats are available as well. To receive the rest of the series in your inbox, sign up here.

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My great-grandfather was an artist and so was my grandfather, and my father, when he too...