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Tag: Calling

‘A Voice Calling in the Desert’: Personal Reflections on the Concept of Vocation in the Jewish Clergy

‘A Voice Calling in the Desert’: Personal Reflections on the Concept of Vocation in the Jewish Clergy

Posted on March 6, 2014March 7, 2014 by Ariel Evan Mayse
This week we begin a new book in our annual cycle of public Torah reading in the synagogue. We turn to Leviticus, which begins with words that are at once evocate and ambiguous: “And He called unto ... Read More
Our Mission to Light Candles and Engage in Peace (A Charge to Graduates)

Our Mission to Light Candles and Engage in Peace (A Charge to Graduates)

Posted on June 15, 2013June 18, 2013 by Deborah Ruth Ferber
This week, we have been asked to reflect on how our philosophical/religious convictions have helped us to be prepared for major life transitions and moving into new areas of growth and reflection.  H... Read More
Please Stop Making God an Accomplice to the Newtown Massacre

Please Stop Making God an Accomplice to the Newtown Massacre

Posted on December 21, 2012December 21, 2012 by Paul Joseph Greene
No one knows what to say in moments like this. But we utter many things about God. Do we really mean these things? The divine love is not complicit in their deaths. The divine love does not call the... Read More
Theology of the Body, Episode I: The Orans Gesture in Christian Prayer

Theology of the Body, Episode I: The Orans Gesture in Christian Prayer

Posted on November 4, 2012November 3, 2012 by Alasdair Ekpenyong
This is the first installment in an ongoing series that will explore issues in spirituality through a review of significant symbolic motions, poses, and gestures from a variety of religious traditions... Read More
Vocation and Failure: How Bachmann, Cain, Perry, and Santorum Can All Be ‘Called’ to Run

Vocation and Failure: How Bachmann, Cain, Perry, and Santorum Can All Be ‘Called’ to Run

Posted on October 22, 2011October 27, 2011 by Paul Joseph Greene
According to their own testimony, God has called Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum to run for President. God has even, reportedly, called Mike Huckabee to keep his cushy med... Read More
The Hazards of Following God’s Call: Keep the Hard Hat Close—You’ll Need it

The Hazards of Following God’s Call: Keep the Hard Hat Close—You’ll Need it

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Karen Leslie Hernandez
Do you ever feel like you are on the right road, that you are making the right choice, and then, BAM! –  you realize, you’re not?  Yes, that just happened to me, again.  I was hoping for a trav... Read More
Do Only Religious People Have a ‘Calling’?

Do Only Religious People Have a ‘Calling’?

Posted on January 26, 2011January 26, 2011 by Chris Stedman
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post Religion. In a recent interview with BBC Radio 4, musician Jack White (of the White Stripes and other bands) reflected on his “calling.R... Read More
By Faith, I Am Formed

By Faith, I Am Formed

Posted on November 15, 2010November 15, 2010 by Karen Leslie Hernandez
My formation?  How did I get here?  Let me tell you… My formation is informed by my Catholic upbringing.  Unfortunately, the church I grew up in taught one basic ideology—you sin, you go to hel... Read More

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