10: Is Every Job A Calling?
Is a sanitation worker called to their job in the same way that a classroom teacher is?
How do we make sense of the idea of calling in jobs that people don't often dream of getting?
Our egalitarian impulses may lead us to say that "Every job is a calling." But it doesn't seem quite true that every job is a calling in just the same way.
Maybe it's not so helpful to ask, "Is this job a calling?" Instead, we can ask, "In what way is this job a calling?" Even if a job is primarily about putting food on the table, you're still fulfilling the call of God to provide for your household.
Some jobs…
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