In follow up to Finding Calcutta: Where is Calcutta? Somewhere beyond (just) ourselves, take a few minutes to reflect upon our (and your) calling through the lens offered by Mother Teresa. Please feel free to share thoughts/reactions. To make possible true inner silence, practice: Silence of the eyes, by seeking always the beauty and goodness of God everywhere, closing them to the faults of others and to all that is sinful and disturbing to the soul. Silence of the ears, by listening always to the voice of God … [Read more...] about Finding Calcutta: To make possible true inner silence, practice
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Finding Calcutta: Where is Calcutta? Somewhere beyond (just) ourselves.
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.
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
ESN: “An essential & growing movement”
In follow-up to The Unlikely Conversion of a Radical Scholar, below is a word from Mary Poplin, Professor of Education, Claremont Graduate University, regarding the value of the Emerging Scholars Network: The Emerging Scholars Network is an essential and growing movement to help support Christian academicians in articulating their field as it is informed by the Christian worldview and to help encourage promising Christian graduate students to become professors. Unless we can increase the boldness of current faculty and … [Read more...] about ESN: “An essential & growing movement”