Some Key Questions From what do you find purpose in life? What is work? Why do it? Are your work and your calling the same? Why or why not? Why is there such a wide variety of causes out there for which individuals (often who are volunteers)? How do those who follow Christ with a passion for the Kingdom of God choose between them? How would you describe Jesus' call to you? Some (more) basic principles God wants (and calls) all of who we are. He wants us with the fullness of our Head, Heart and … [Read more...] about Finding Calcutta: Where is Calcutta? Somewhere beyond (just) ourselves.
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Finding Calcutta: Where am I now? Is this my calling?
As we open Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service (Mary Poplin. IVP. 2008), let's begin by wrestling with “Finding (my/your) Calcutta.” Jesus is Savior and Lord. We want to know His calling for our lives. We want to know His calling for our lives together in the Church. It is personal – “Serving Jesus” versus “Serving People” (or "Serving Causes"). It cannot be about us either too much, i.e., going it alone, or too little, i.e., I'm just an insignificant part of … [Read more...] about Finding Calcutta: Where am I now? Is this my calling?
An invitation to discuss “Finding Calcutta” by Mary Poplin
With our limited time, energy, finances, blog attention spans, why focus on Mary Poplin's Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service (IVP. 2008)? My struggle to write this book, to tell the truth about Mother Teresa, and my struggles in the university are a testimony both to a lost public conversation and to a worldview that is very difficult for many in Western culture to comprehend fully, even some of us who profess Christ.”” -- Mary Poplin. Finding Calcutta. Accessed … [Read more...] about An invitation to discuss “Finding Calcutta” by Mary Poplin
Why “Christian Apologetics”? — Hell
One of the ways in which the damned will be condemned is that they will see themselves condemned by their own reason, by which they claimed to condemn the Christian religion. -- Blaise Pascal. Penses. ed. and trans. A. Krailsheimer (New York: Penguin, 1966), 175/563, p. 84. In To skim or not to skim: A ‘case' study of “Christian Apologetics”, I share my initial response to Douglas Groothuis' newly released 752 page casebound Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for the Biblical Faith (IVP. 2011). As we … [Read more...] about Why “Christian Apologetics”? — Hell
To skim or not to skim: A ‘case’ study of “Christian Apologetics”
As Douglas Groothuis' newly released 752 page casebound Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for the Biblical Faith (IVP. 2011) spilled out of the box onto the counter in front of my four girls, I felt the press of two book reviews, a stack of material to read for three seminary classes, and various responsibilities at home, church and work. How did I respond? Thankfully, earlier in the day I had read Hannah's ESN blog post What I Wish I'd Known About Graduate School: Surviving the Workload (8/23/2011), in … [Read more...] about To skim or not to skim: A ‘case’ study of “Christian Apologetics”