Chris Bean

Image: The Calling of St. Matthew by Nicolaes Berchem

Over the past few years I have wrestled quite a bit with the notion of ‘calling’ and vocation. I believe it is fairly easy to develop some confusing and unhealthy ideas about this concept.

As I anticipate many great conversations on this topic with college students in the near future, I was glad to come across this great article by Marc Baer on the Intervarsity website.

He shares some things that remind me of reading Os Guiness’ The Call a couple of years ago. Reading that book was quite helpful for me as I needed to re-orient myself around my primary calling in Christ and then allow vocation and work to flow from there.

I believe one of the most pressing needs in campus ministry and discipling college students is to help them discover the rich possibilities around a proper understanding of calling, vocation, faithfulness, and identity in the Kingdom of God.