Calling and Career
Discover, clarify and live out what God designed you to do
Is the Gap Between Pulpit & Pew Narrowing? Read the Latest Research
Dallas TX: New research conducted by the Barna Group for the Center for Faith & Work at LeTourneau University shows a substantial uptick in the number of pastors who say they preach on the topic of work. However, most church-goers still doubt the significance of their...
Joyless, Meaningless Work is Unhealthy
A recent study found that the majority of Americans (52.3%) are unhappy in their work. This sad statistic is doubly troubling in light of numerous other studies which report that happy people are healthier people and they live longer. It’s not a big leap to see that being unhappy in our...
Your Career Well Being and Your Identity
According to Gallup research people who have the opportunity to regularly do what they enjoy are more than twice as likely to be thriving in their lives overall. To appreciate how much our careers shape our identity and wellbeing, people took five years to fully recover from prolonged...
Equipping People for Their Workplace Mission Field
At the Right Now Conference in Dallas, Bill Peel presented "Carpe Monday: Equipping people for their Monday-morning mission field." He offered four ways churches can help men and women . . . : understand that work is important to God. equip them to apply biblical truth to their workplace...
What Teens Aspire to Do in Life, How Churches Can Help
A new Barna Group study explores the vocational aspirations of U.S. teenagers and examines the role of faith communities in influencing churchgoing teens’ college and career decisions.
The Millennials | Confident, Connected, Open to Change
Generations, like people, have personalities, and Millennials have begun to forge theirs. They are more ethnically and racially diverse than older adults. They're less religious, less likely to have served in the military, and are on track to become the most educated generation in American...
U.S. Students' Entrepreneurial Energy Waiting to Be Tapped
A Gallup Student Poll found that many students have entrepreneurial ambitions that could drive future job creation. Yet many students are not getting the education and work experience they need to achieve their goals.