In the business vocation, “God invites the entrepreneur to assist in his creation, to improve it, and to make it more ...

We often ask children what they want to be when they grow up, but we rarely reflect on how absurd this question is. Yet our impulse to pose this question is revealing—presuming as it does the presence ...

Editor's Note: The following is a report on the practical applications of Steven Garber’s book Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good (IVP Books, 2014). The work you do every day isn’t ...

When I was a college chaplain, the weekend in late August when parents dropped off their children for the schoolyear always presented an interesting pastoral opportunity. While gathered on campus for ...

A while back I spoke at a dinner meeting of two Catholic lay organizations concerned about the troubled state of priestly and religious vocations. I'd been asked to talk on the topic of a book I wrote ...

Work & Calling | A return to Luther’s doctrine of vocation would mean a return to God’s priorities for our lives—and a return to being more effective salt and light in the world | Gene Edward Veith ...

COMMENTARY: In a society that tends to reject or gloss over sexual differences, it is crucial that we recognize the distinctive difference in the way that Our Lord calls and speaks to the hearts of ...

Happy Labor Day, which this blog is Christianizing as Vocation Day! To celebrate this holiday, in addition to enjoying your family vocations and receiving your daily bread by cooking out, it is ...

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Michael Novak delivered this address at the Catholic University of America on January 14, on the first anniversary of the university’s School of Business and Economics.] The Catholic ...

As many of my long-time readers know, I enjoy sailing small boats. As a result, I’ve also read a good deal of literature by and about sailors. Much of this comes from full-time live-aboard sailors or ...

One can distinguish between two radically different approaches to making life choicesthe professional and the vocational. The professional approach is so familiar as to be a cultural commonplace. It ...