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Kingdom and Calling Business Track

Kingdom and Calling Business Track. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Following Christ Conference Barry Rowan December 2002. …Let’s Talk…. Question. What is the connection between this job and my purpose in life?. Discussion Sections. Meaning in Work, in the Context of Meaning in Life

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Kingdom and Calling Business Track

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  1. Kingdom and Calling Business Track InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Following Christ Conference Barry Rowan December 2002

  2. …Let’s Talk…..

  3. Question What is the connection between this job and my purpose in life?

  4. Discussion Sections • Meaning in Work, in the Context of Meaning in Life • The Power of a Call • Bringing Meaning to Our Work – Practical Implications

  5. Life in the Moment Congruence Purpose of My Work Connectedness Purpose of My Life Meaning is Found in the Moments of Life

  6. The Lordship of Jesus Christ Future Past Moves through Time A Grain of Sand…

  7. Me God’s Log scale My Plan God’s Plan God Me “I want deeply to get closer to God and to include Him in my decisions and my life.” (My 1st journal entry, 10/25/80) Including God in My Plan… Vs.

  8. WHO WHAT GOD Man’s Search for Meaning • “He who has a why can bear with almost any how.” (Nietsche) • “It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.” (Victor Frankl, 1946)

  9. Attributes Call in this Moment • To a way of being • To do “the right thing” • To different roles • (spouse, friend, employee) Secondary Callings • To a Person • To Character (Christ’s) • To a Purpose (to love) Primary Call Dimensions of Calling Jesus in Gethsemane Source: Os Guinness, Gordon Smith, Paul Stevens

  10. High “Catholic Distortion” Level of Calling “Protestant Distortion” Low Sacred Secular Nature of Calling Two Distortions of Calling Source: Os Guinness, The Call

  11. Do Everything for theLove of God • “If all that a believer does grows out of faith and is done for the glory of god, then all dualistic distinctions are demolished.”Os Guinness • “The menial housework of a maidservant is often more acceptable to God than all the fastings and other works of a monk or priest, because the monk or priest lacks faith.” Martin Luther • “If our desire is to please God, pouring water, washing dishes, cobbling shoes, and preaching the Word is all one.” William Tyndale • “To the soul, the ordinary is sacred.” Thomas Moore

  12. The Lordship of Jesus Christ Future Past Moves through Time A Grain of Sand

  13. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings Old New

  14. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad World’s Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings Two Ways to Live Source:Mt 6.33, X

  15. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad World’s Old New God’s SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY …Opportunities for Expression Two Ways to Live Source:Mt 6.33, X

  16. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Primary Calling MISSION To love God with all our heart, soul and mind… and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Source: Deut 6:4~5, Mt

  17. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings MISSION To grow into the full expression of “Christ in me.” Source: Col 1

  18. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings MISSION To be Linda’s best friend on earth.

  19. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings MISSION To raise our sons into the men God has in mind for them to become.

  20. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings MISSION To manage the resources God has given me to the best of my ability.

  21. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings MISSION To be there for people…to add energy to their lives.

  22. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings MISSION To give some- thing back…

  23. Lordship of Christ Business Leader Spouse Dad Old New SELF Friend Citizen Steward FAMILY SOCIETY Secondary Callings MISSION To contribute to a better society, as seen through the eyes of God.

  24. Discussion Sections • Meaning in Work, in the Context of Meaning in Life • The Power of a Call • Bringing Meaning to Our Work – Practical Implications

  25. TALENTS PASSION NEEDS OF OTHERS “The place God calls you is where your deep gladness and the world’s hunger meet.” Fredrich Beuchner The Place of Our Calling

  26. People and their Callings People Calling

  27. While I cannot live at the depth of their truth, I can live in the direction of their truth… Great People with Great Callings • William Wilberforce • Alexander Solzhenitsyn • Florence Nightingale

  28. Observations of Call • Must be from God • Begins with a call to Himself • At the intersection of who I am and the work God wants to do on earth • Other-centered vs. self-centered • For others and with others • We’re in the “between times”

  29. Mr. Holland’s Opus

  30. Discussion Sections • Meaning in Work, in the Context of Meaning in Life • The Power of a Call • Bringing Meaning to Our Work – Practical Implications

  31. Life in the Moment Walk with Jesus Purpose of My Work Congruence & Connectedness Sense of Direction Purpose of My Life The Reality: Following Christ through Life “Trust God and do the next thing.” (Oswald Chambers)

  32. The Lordship of Jesus Christ Future Past Moves thru Time A Grain of Sand….SomeKey Relationships

  33. God God 2 My Work 1 2 Versus 1 3 My Work Me Me Truth: Our work is an expression of God’s love within us. Myth: We offer our work to earn God’s love. 1 Jn 4.19, Ja 2.17, Ep 2.10

  34. Derive Meaning FROM work Bring Meaning TO work Truth: Bring meaning to our work. (What we do is an expression of who we are.) Myth: We derive meaning from our work. (We are what we do.) The Work The Worker

  35. Perspective & Motivations Intrinsic Meaning & Societal Value A Challenge of Business From the Worker Sources of Meaning From the Work Business- person Missionary Doctor Teacher Social Worker

  36. Assembly line worker for fetal monitors High school English teacher Nurse in hospice Shuttle bus driver Soldering components all day long Killing myself to teach unmotivated students Changing bedpans for patients who will die soon anyway Driving this boring route all day long to pay the bills Building equipment that saves children’s lives Shaping young people’s lives Providing a loving environment for peoples’ last days “I meet interesting people going interesting places” Bringing Meaning to Our Work JOB LIFE-DRAINING PERSPECTIVE LIFE-GIVING PERSPECTIVE

  37. Small Group Discussion

  38. InterVarsity Following Christ Conference Business Track--Kingdom & Calling December 30, 2002 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1.What do I see as the connection between my job and my purpose in life? 2.What myths have you believed/lived about kingdom and calling? What myths might you currently believe based on your “lived theology”? 3.Describe some highlights of your journey in discovering and pursuing God’s calling for your life a.Has it been easy? Hard? b.Has it been predictable? Random? c.Has it been clear? Hidden? 4.To what degree do you feel that your life has provided opportunities for the expression of your passions and talents? Have you seen how God has used these to meet the needs of others? 5.How would you articulate the call God has placed on your heart? How has it evolved over time? 6.What “life-giving” and “life-draining” perspectives could you bring to your current career position? What most accurately describes your true perspective?

  39. As an Institution Position of Influence in the world Inherently based on Service Inadequate model—Shareholder Value For an Individual Most people need to work to live Work 100,000 hours in a lifetime At the seam between the Kingdoms of God & This world Crucible for the growth of the soul Attributes of Business as Your Calling

  40. TALENTS PASSION NEEDS OF OTHERS “Don’t start by thinking about what the world needs, but think about what makes you come alive…for what the world needs are people who are alive.” (John Eldrege, Wild at Heart) Where Do We Start?…

  41. Looking for a job vs. Designing a life? My Work-Life: Sources of Joy 1. Colleagues I enjoy and respect • Competency • Character • Chemistry 2. Quality relationships among people 3. Work I enjoy 4. Opportunity for significant upside 5. Control of my schedule 6. Location

  42. Life in the Moment Congruence Purpose of My Work Connectedness Purpose of My Life Meaning is Found in the Moments of Life

  43. Let’s Talk…. What would it mean to… • Create an Excel spreadsheet, or • Perform due diligence on a company ….For the love of God….

  44. In the world…not of it…. The interaction between our careers and our souls…….

  45. I AM NOT A GREAT MAN January 2001 Lord, I am not a great man. How I have wanted to be a great man. How I have strived to be a great man. How I have made myself into a great man in the fantasies of my mind. I am not a great man. I am selfish. At my core, I care less about helping and serving others than I do about achieving my own goals. I am impure. Jesus, my thoughts are not your thoughts. My interior life has not been cleansed by your transcendent sacrifice. I am afraid. I wallow in the worries of work. As I come into mid-life, I do not feel the increased competence and character I had hoped for. I am tired. I have failed. I am lost. I am confused. I am frustrated. I am empty. I am disoriented. I am unmotivated. I am not a great man. But you are a great God. Lord, fill the cavern of my soul. Replace my doubts and my anxieties with yourself. Wrap my smallness in the greatness of your love. Nail my selfish, impure and fearful self to your cross, O Lord. Resurrect in its place nothing less than yourself, in me. Lord, as we begin a new year, plant in me the seeds of a new life. And let me acknowledge, Lord, that it is not I who lives, but you who lives in me. Seeing myself at this bottom, may I never forget that it is you who rescues me from the pit. It is you who edifies, you who redeems, you who saves. I am not a great man. But I do not need to be a great man, for you are a great God. I pray that I can develop a great love for you. And, I hope I am growing into a good man. Greatness in the eyes of men does not compare to goodness in the eyes of God.

  46. The Lordship of Jesus Christ Future Past Moves through Time …What if?

  47. Enjoy the Journey …..May you know that you are on the right trail….

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