http://www.cardus.ca/topics/vocation?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed en Copyright 2013 Cardus Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:38:12 -0400 Cardus Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:38:12 -0400 http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3970/activism-justice-and-longing-for-shalom/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed I care about justice; must I be an activist? Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 I care about justice; must I be an activist? http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3969/responsible-activism-and-social-change/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed If it's up to this generation to save the world, what will happen to our faith lives if there's still saving to be done when we're finished with it? Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 If it's up to this generation to save the world, what will happen to our faith lives if there's still saving to be done when we're finished with it? http://sandbox.cardus.ca/organization/news/172/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Skilled trades workers – ranging from electricians to carpenters to welders – are a crucial component of the Canadian labour force. However, many employers report that there are shortages of skilled workers in these occupations. Federal and provincial governments have targeted many grant and tax credit programs to encourage workers to become apprentices in the skilled trades. However, myriad... Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 Skilled trades workers – ranging from electricians to carpenters to welders – are a crucial component of the Canadian labour force. However, many employers report that there are shortages of skilled workers in these occupations. Federal and provincial governments have targeted many grant and tax credit programs to encourage workers to become apprentices in the skilled trades. However, myriad... http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3929/persuading-in-a-divided-age-the-christians-privilege/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed This is the bedrock of our persuasion business: an approach based in discovering the reality of real people's lives. Perhaps more than anyone, Christians should be all over this. Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 This is the bedrock of our persuasion business: an approach based in discovering the reality of real people's lives. Perhaps more than anyone, Christians should be all over this. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3844/vessels-of-myth/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Superhero mythology is the direct product of a Judeo-Christian worldview and as such complements Jewish and Christian worldviews in important ways. The "S" shield has ever been an ally of the cross. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Superhero mythology is the direct product of a Judeo-Christian worldview and as such complements Jewish and Christian worldviews in important ways. The "S" shield has ever been an ally of the cross. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/columns/3841/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Brian Dijkema discusses the upcoming merger of the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Brian Dijkema discusses the upcoming merger of the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3832/my-third-third/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Then, oh so deliberately, we walked up the hill in an intimate silence that looked like respect and felt like fear. For a moment, I thought we might hold hands. There but for the grace and all that. Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Then, oh so deliberately, we walked up the hill in an intimate silence that looked like respect and felt like fear. For a moment, I thought we might hold hands. There but for the grace and all that. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/audio/3815/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Does Canada really need another law school? Janet Epp Buckingham, executive director of Trinity Western University's Laurentian Leadership Centre, believes it does—if the students graduating from it are steeped in the deep Biblical traditions of our law. Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Does Canada really need another law school? Janet Epp Buckingham, executive director of Trinity Western University's Laurentian Leadership Centre, believes it does—if the students graduating from it are steeped in the deep Biblical traditions of our law. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3773/beauty-and-ugliness-in-northern-minnesota/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Margie Haack's memoir is a triumph of divinity bound up in locality—a watercolour of grey Northern Minnesota, but with the Northern Lights. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Margie Haack's memoir is a triumph of divinity bound up in locality—a watercolour of grey Northern Minnesota, but with the Northern Lights. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3751/a-bridge-between-city-and-church/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed This book is theologically rich and philosophically informed, yet accessible and filled with practical wisdom. Drawing on decades of study and ministry, Every Good Endeavor may soon become one of the most important contemporary books on faith and work. Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 This book is theologically rich and philosophically informed, yet accessible and filled with practical wisdom. Drawing on decades of study and ministry, Every Good Endeavor may soon become one of the most important contemporary books on faith and work. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3677/unconventional-wisdom/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Jacobsen's insight into the degree to which the suburbanization of North America has been bad for church and community life is stunning—even more so if you had not previously considered the possibility. Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Jacobsen's insight into the degree to which the suburbanization of North America has been bad for church and community life is stunning—even more so if you had not previously considered the possibility. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3656/wise-counsel/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Sadly, Pallotta's insight and experience in the humanitarian sector has produced little more than a book-length brochure for funding and promoting his next venture. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Sadly, Pallotta's insight and experience in the humanitarian sector has produced little more than a book-length brochure for funding and promoting his next venture. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3685/editorial-the-word-of-god-and-the-city-of-man/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed The Bible has done its proper work when it produces a certain kind of person. Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0400 The Bible has done its proper work when it produces a certain kind of person. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3653/because-i-have-to/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed SIX QUESTIONS . . . I think all good art should do that in people's lives: help them to do more than just look around, but to actually see the world God has made for them to delight in. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 SIX QUESTIONS . . . I think all good art should do that in people's lives: help them to do more than just look around, but to actually see the world God has made for them to delight in. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3645/sin-and-grace-in-the-city-part-2/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed The goal of this project is not to create some concrete venture, though a few have materialized; rather, it is to give our Fellows the experience that God is indeed at work in this larger space of their work and the city. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 The goal of this project is not to create some concrete venture, though a few have materialized; rather, it is to give our Fellows the experience that God is indeed at work in this larger space of their work and the city. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3626/putting-business-on-the-mission-map-how-churches-can-serve-businesspeople/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed The story that began in the Garden ends in the City, and the city is filled with many of the sights, sounds, and smells that God has brought forth from the gifted hands of ordinary men and women throughout history and purified for His kingdom. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 The story that began in the Garden ends in the City, and the city is filled with many of the sights, sounds, and smells that God has brought forth from the gifted hands of ordinary men and women throughout history and purified for His kingdom. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3602/the-crux-of-work-is-the-crown-of-vocation/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed If Witherington's book offers a broader theoretical reflection on a theology of vocation, then Smith's book offers an accessible and concrete guide to vocational discernment. One could say the two books need each other. Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 If Witherington's book offers a broader theoretical reflection on a theology of vocation, then Smith's book offers an accessible and concrete guide to vocational discernment. One could say the two books need each other. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3587/transformation-our-hard-work-or-gods/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed How is one formed to become the kind of person Arpin-Ricci and Seay describe? I contend it is not by hard work, commitment, or more faith. I do think it comes through the power of the Spirit. But I'm waiting for someone to actually tell me how this works. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 How is one formed to become the kind of person Arpin-Ricci and Seay describe? I contend it is not by hard work, commitment, or more faith. I do think it comes through the power of the Spirit. But I'm waiting for someone to actually tell me how this works. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/columns/3545/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed Strikes and lockouts are actions taken by a given party (unions or employers, whether private or public) to enforce their will on the other party through the use of power to achieve a desired end.Thinking of strikes in this way helps us place economic disputes into a context where questions about justice can be asked. Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Strikes and lockouts are actions taken by a given party (unions or employers, whether private or public) to enforce their will on the other party through the use of power to achieve a desired end.Thinking of strikes in this way helps us place economic disputes into a context where questions about justice can be asked. http://sandbox.cardus.ca/comment/article/3530/what-will-you-be-when-you-grow-up/?utm_source=topic&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Cardus%2BVocation%2BFeed SIX QUESTIONS . . . My goal is to leverage a renewed university culture to re-write the default perception of young adulthood in the culture at large—shifting it from a "failure to launch" critique toward a supportive nurturing of productive exploration. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 SIX QUESTIONS . . . My goal is to leverage a renewed university culture to re-write the default perception of young adulthood in the culture at large—shifting it from a "failure to launch" critique toward a supportive nurturing of productive exploration.