Called Out: Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling

by Paula Faris

Michael Strahan helped me understand how fear attacks us all, how it sometimes manifests in impostor syndrome,

Bishop Jakes taught me that the only way to push through the fear of impostor syndrome is to let what I...

Jay Williams taught me that when we lose our way, when we put too much of our identity in what we do, God will allow adversity to get us back on track, to help ...

And my dad—through his death, the journals he left, and the life he lived—showed me that overcoming fear and insecurity and rooting de...

I’m learning the secret that my dad understood so well—when we leave this world, what will be remembered is the way we loved God and loved others.

Something is fundamentally broken with our society when we care so much about success that we slam preschoolers with questions of vocation and when fifth-graders are considering résumé-builders for college admissions.

I wanted them to realize that the vocational gifts they’ve been given are simply the unique way they are called to go about loving God and loving people.

Did you know you were loved, and did you use your gifts to spread my love to the world around you? And if you answer, “I did my best, Lord,” it’s my guess you’ll hear the best words.