Editor's Note: The following is a report on the practical applications of Steven Garber’s book Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good (IVP Books, 2014). The work you do every day isn’t ...

Happy Vocation Day, the holiday formerly known as Labor Day! (OK, my crusade to co-opt the secular observance into a Christian holiday has not completely taken hold yet. Even though it resolves the ...

When I was a college chaplain, the weekend in late August when parents dropped off their children for the schoolyear always presented an interesting pastoral opportunity. While gathered on campus for ...

A while back I spoke at a dinner meeting of two Catholic lay organizations concerned about the troubled state of priestly and religious vocations. I'd been asked to talk on the topic of a book I wrote ...

COMMENTARY: In a society that tends to reject or gloss over sexual differences, it is crucial that we recognize the distinctive difference in the way that Our Lord calls and speaks to the hearts of ...

Happy Labor Day, which this blog is Christianizing as Vocation Day! To celebrate this holiday, in addition to enjoying your family vocations and receiving your daily bread by cooking out, it is ...

How Martin Luther’s doctrine of vocation can mold marriage, parenting, and childhood. For Gene Edward Veith Jr., provost and professor of literature at Patrick Henry College, Martin Luther’s doctrine ...

As many of my long-time readers know, I enjoy sailing small boats. As a result, I’ve also read a good deal of literature by and about sailors. Much of this comes from full-time live-aboard sailors or ...

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Michael Novak delivered this address at the Catholic University of America on January 14, on the first anniversary of the university’s School of Business and Economics.] The Catholic ...

During times of turbulence in politics, culture, and religious life, it’s tempting to hold tightly to current convictions. Allowing a change of one’s mind or heart can be difficult work. With this in ...

One can distinguish between two radically different approaches to making life choicesthe professional and the vocational. The professional approach is so familiar as to be a cultural commonplace. It ...