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Calling, Vocation, and Asher Lev

July 31, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

My Name Is Asher Lev

A few weeks ago, my friend and colleague Nan Thomas got in touch with me, wanting to discuss Chaim Potok's 1972 novel My Name Is Asher Lev. According to Nan, I had once recommended this book for discussions of calling and vocation among faculty and graduate students. I couldn't remember making that recommendation, but it made perfect sense to me —the novel had served that exact role in my Christianity and the Arts degree at Regent College.[1. Many thanks to Loren Wilkinson, Maxine Hancock, and Dal Schindell for … [Read more...] about Calling, Vocation, and Asher Lev

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Vocation Tagged With: asher lev, calling, chaim potok, Frederick Buechner, vocation

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