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?
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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